This is a five-year-old movie, which runs for exactly two hours and stars Alexandra Neldel as a restless prostitute who longs to get her innocence/virginity back. This says is basically all. And sadly, so many people wanted to see this that they made two more films to this day. Neldel is not a great actress at all and I doubt she'd be as famous without her looks. The again, I don't find her as stunning as everybody wants us to believe she is. Apart from her, there are a couple other mediocre television actors in here, but nobody really famous with the exception of Götz Otto perhaps. The film is based on a novel and if the novel is only half as badly written as this screenplay is there is really no reason at all to give it a read. But that is actually no surprise as the script writer here has mostly worked on cringeworthy Rosamunde Pilcher romance movies in the past. The film's director made "Barfuß bis zum Hals" before this, actually a pretty funny film, so it's sad to see him step as low as he did here.
The story is as generic as it gets. The protagonist has to marry somebody she does not love and shortly after gets publicly humiliated for being promiscuous. There are so many embarrassing scenes and quotes in this movie. Early on, one would be where some guy stares at the main character's butt and the camera helps a lot. Or the way Neldel portrays her desire to become the king's whore after another whore told her it's possible. And in terms of quotes, there are many negative highlights. One would be: "Her lust was insatiable" or "Who does not like to play has not understood the concept of love." This film is really as pretentious as it gets. They tried so hard in making it serious and relevant, but the lack of talent is visible in every corner. Lots of whining, lots of nudity, lots of abuse etc. And when you think it could not get any worse, they close the film on a wide-spanning prostitute strike. Hilarious stuff really. Also, this film gives off a very anti-male message. apart from the main character's boring one-dimensional lover in the end, basically all men in this film are depicted as permanently horny scumbags. It's funny how this movie tries to be edgy frequently, for example with the crucifixion near the end. Or also with the priest who calls Neldel's character in one scene the ultimate sin. Hilarious. I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
The story is as generic as it gets. The protagonist has to marry somebody she does not love and shortly after gets publicly humiliated for being promiscuous. There are so many embarrassing scenes and quotes in this movie. Early on, one would be where some guy stares at the main character's butt and the camera helps a lot. Or the way Neldel portrays her desire to become the king's whore after another whore told her it's possible. And in terms of quotes, there are many negative highlights. One would be: "Her lust was insatiable" or "Who does not like to play has not understood the concept of love." This film is really as pretentious as it gets. They tried so hard in making it serious and relevant, but the lack of talent is visible in every corner. Lots of whining, lots of nudity, lots of abuse etc. And when you think it could not get any worse, they close the film on a wide-spanning prostitute strike. Hilarious stuff really. Also, this film gives off a very anti-male message. apart from the main character's boring one-dimensional lover in the end, basically all men in this film are depicted as permanently horny scumbags. It's funny how this movie tries to be edgy frequently, for example with the crucifixion near the end. Or also with the priest who calls Neldel's character in one scene the ultimate sin. Hilarious. I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
