The ''Zodiac''-films is a series of six feature films from 1973–78, and form part of the wave of erotic films from
Denmark
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The Six films are connected by a
zodiac
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-starsign in the title of each film. They were produced by the film company
Happy Film
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. The first film was directed by
Finn Karlsson
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, the five others by
Werner Hedman. All six starred Danish actor
Ole Søltoft
Ole Søltoft (8 January 1941 – 9 May 1999 in Kolding) was a Danish actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly all notable films in this genre and became ...
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All the ''Zodiac''-films had many hardcore pornographic sex scenes, but were nevertheless considered mainstream films. They all had mainstream casts and crews, and were shown in mainstream cinemas and reviewed in national newspapers etc.
[Ebbe Villadsen: ''Danish Erotic Film Classics'' (2005)]
Another Danish film company, Palladium, made a similar series called the
''Bedside''-films, also starring
Ole Søltoft
Ole Søltoft (8 January 1941 – 9 May 1999 in Kolding) was a Danish actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly all notable films in this genre and became ...
. The ''Zodiac''-films were to some extent a sexually more explicit copy of the ''Bedside''-films. The first Danish sex comedies were made in the 1960s, but Ole Ege's ''
Bordellet
''Bordellet'' is a 1972 Danish theatrical sex comedy film made by pornographic pioneer Ole Ege and was Denmark's first full-length hardcore pornographic feature film.
The story is set around 1900 and involves a young girl, a brothel, and a hid ...
'' (1972) was the first to have hardcore sex-scenes.
The ''Zodiac''-films
* 1. ''
I Jomfruens tegn'' (Finn Karlsson, 1973) (Virgo)
* 2. ''
I Tyrens tegn'' (Werner Hedman, 1974) (Taurus)
* 3. ''
I Tvillingernes tegn'' (Werner Hedman, 1975) (Gemini)
* 4. ''
I Løvens tegn'' (Werner Hedman, 1976) (Leo)
* 5. ''
Agent 69 Jensen i Skorpionens tegn'' (Werner Hedman, 1977) (Scorpio)
* 6. ''
Agent 69 Jensen i Skyttens tegn'' (Werner Hedman, 1978) (Sagittarius)
See also
*
''Bedside''-films
*
List of mainstream films with unsimulated sex
Further reading
*Ebbe Villadsen: ''Danish Erotic Film Classics'' (2005)
*Nicolas Barbano: ''Filmrage'' Vol 2 No 11 2013, pp 54–63
References
External links
Discussion of the Bedside- and Zodiac-films at Gente Di Rispette Movie ForumDVD Reviews: The Classic Danish Erotica Series
Erotic film series
1973 films
1970s Danish-language films
Danish erotic films
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