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| <blockquote> was about girls in ski resorts who have lost all morals and about some ski instructors who fool around with them. Anyhow, when I came back from working on it, the sex wave had started in America. You could see all those naked dames and couples in bed, of which I could only talk, but never show. The picture was outdated the day it was released. The permissiveness of the audience had turned 180 degrees.<ref>{{cite book|page=269|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0z09n7m0&chunk.id=d0e13522&toc.id=&brand=ucpress|chapter=Curt Siodmak: The Idea Man|first= Dennis|last= Fischer|title=Backstory 2 Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote> was about girls in ski resorts who have lost all morals and about some ski instructors who fool around with them. Anyhow, when I came back from working on it, the sex wave had started in America. You could see all those naked dames and couples in bed, of which I could only talk, but never show. The picture was outdated the day it was released. The permissiveness of the audience had turned 180 degrees.<ref>{{cite book|page=269|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0z09n7m0&chunk.id=d0e13522&toc.id=&brand=ucpress|chapter=Curt Siodmak: The Idea Man|first= Dennis|last= Fischer|title=Backstory 2 Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| At an Austrian ski resort, various instructors have a competition who can seduce the most women. Matters are complicated by the arrival of an American ski instructor, Brian, and an American girl, Susan. | |||
| An American ski instructor goes to work at a European resort. | |||
| ==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
| *Claudia Martin as Susan Halsey | *Claudia Martin as Susan Halsey | ||
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| *] as Franz Gruber | *] as Franz Gruber | ||
| *Vivi Bach as Karen Sloan | *Vivi Bach as Karen Sloan | ||
| *Toni Brandt as Dietmar | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ''Variety'' wrote "On the assumption that the people who go to see ''Ski Fever'' will pay the kind of intermittant attention to the film that is usually associated only with tv, pic may play off by boring only a minimal number of people. Expecting stronger response seems beyond the ability of this carelessly made attempt to reach the teen market."<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Ski Fever|title=Variety Film Reviews 1968-1970|date=3o April 1969|url=https://archive.org/details/varietyfilmrevie0000unse/page/n264/mode/1up?|page=264}}</rf> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| {{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 03:19, 12 December 2024
1966 West Germany film| Ski Fever | |
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| Directed by | Curt Siodmak |
| Written by | Curt Siodmak Robert Joseph |
| Produced by | Wolfgang Schmidt Mark Cooper |
| Starring | Martin Milner |
| Production companies | Gaumont International Hollywood Parnass |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists (USA) |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 97 mins |
| Countries | West Germany Austra |
| Language | English |
Ski Fever (Liebesspiele im Schnee ) is a 1966 German-American musical film directed by Curt Siodmak. It is sometimes considered the last of the beach party cycle. The film was shot in Europe. The movie was the last theatrical feature Siodmak directed.
Siodmak later discussed the film:
was about girls in ski resorts who have lost all morals and about some ski instructors who fool around with them. Anyhow, when I came back from working on it, the sex wave had started in America. You could see all those naked dames and couples in bed, of which I could only talk, but never show. The picture was outdated the day it was released. The permissiveness of the audience had turned 180 degrees.
Plot
At an Austrian ski resort, various instructors have a competition who can seduce the most women. Matters are complicated by the arrival of an American ski instructor, Brian, and an American girl, Susan.
Cast
- Claudia Martin as Susan Halsey
- Martin Milner as Brian Davis
- Toni Sailer as Franz Gruber
- Vivi Bach as Karen Sloan
- Toni Brandt as Dietmar
Reception
Variety wrote "On the assumption that the people who go to see Ski Fever will pay the kind of intermittant attention to the film that is usually associated only with tv, pic may play off by boring only a minimal number of people. Expecting stronger response seems beyond the ability of this carelessly made attempt to reach the teen market."<ref>"Ski Fever". Variety Film Reviews 1968-1970. 3o April 1969. p. 264. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)</rf>
References
- "Movie Guide". The Herald. 8 January 1969. p. 11.
- "Ski Fever set to open at the chief". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. 1 February 1969. p. 34.
- "Ski Fever now showing at the chief". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. 8 February 1969. p. 8C.
- "Curt Siodmak". The Guardian. 11 September 2000. p. 22.
- Fischer, Dennis (1997). "Curt Siodmak: The Idea Man". Backstory 2 Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. University of California Press. p. 269.