''Language of Love'' () is a 1969

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al film directed by

Torgny Wickman Torgny Wickman (1911–1997) was a Swedish screenwriter and film director.Stevenson p.136 Selected filmography * ''A Night at Glimmingehus'' (1954) * '' Language of Love'' (1969) * '' The Lustful Vicar'' (1970) * ''Mera ur kärlekens språk'' ( ...

. It was an international success. It gained publicity when 30,000 people gathered on

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to protest against a nearby movie theatre showing it, one of the protesters being pop singer

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and

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decided to pursue a matter of pornography classification for the film Language of Love into the Court of Appeal and lost the writ of mandamus against the Police Commissioner, who had refused to intrude upon the

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remit. United States customs were known to have confiscated copies of the film. Following such events, it was marketed as a sexploitation film of the "

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er" variety in some places – a pornographic film masquerading as a documentary or scientific film. The film had two sequels, ''

Mera ur kärlekens språk ''Mera ur kärlekens språk'' (aka ''More from the Language of Love'' and ''More about the Language of Love'', also released as ''Language of Love 2'') is a 1970 Swedish sex educational film directed by Torgny Wickman. It is a sequel to the 1969 f ...

'' in 1970 and ''

Kärlekens XYZ ''Kärlekens XYZ'' ("The XYZ of Love") is a 1971 Swedish sex educational film directed by Torgny Wickman. It is a sequel to the two films ''Language of Love'' (1969) and '' Mera ur kärlekens språk'' (1970). In 1973 the three films were edited tog ...

'' in 1971. In 1973 the three films were edited together into a new film, ''Det bästa ur Kärlekens språk-filmerna'' ("The Best from the ''Language of Love'' Films"). ''Mera ur kärlekens språk'' (''More from the Language of Love'') had equally successful box office though it dealt more with alternate sexuality and lifestyles and also with the disabled. Remakes of the first two films appeared in 2004 ('' Kärlekens språk'' a.k.a. ''Kärlekens språk 2000'') and in 2009 (''Mera ur kärlekens språk''), both directed by Anders Lennberg. The film included split screen visions of couples having sex with Ravel's Bolero playing in the background.

Cast

* Inge Hegeler * Sten Hegeler * Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan * Sture Cullhed *

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* Stig Johanson * Göthe Grefbo *

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* Julie Bernby * Börje Nyberg *

Lennart Lindberg Lennart Lindberg (1918–2004) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Wright p.177 He was married to the actress Barbro Larsson in the 1950s. Selected filmography * ''Customs Officer Bom'' (1951) * '' Beef and the Banana'' (1951) * '' U-Boat 39'' ( ...

* Margaretha Henriksson * Conny Ling

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Language of Love Swedish documentary films 1969 films Swedish erotic films Sexploitation films 1960s Swedish-language films 1969 documentary films Documentary films about sexuality Sexual revolution 1960s Swedish films