This is the dubbed, cut down version of a film also known as Hänsel und Gretel Verliefen Sich im Wald (Hansel and Gretel Got Lost in the Forest) and The Naked Wytche. It was released in 1970, directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and can’t really be called anything more than a sexploitation film – it doesn’t really manage to qualify as a bedroom farce.
It tells the story of Hänsel (Dagobert Walter) and Gretel (Francy Fair) a young couple who have been together nine weeks. She loves him, wants to marry him and is not ready to rush into sexual activity. For his part he is pressuring her quite badly.
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| The Countess with fangs |
They are on a day out and relations cool after her refusing his advances. As they drive through a forest they find a tree across the road, wander into the woods, eat and then meet (before pitching to camp) the Countess (Barbara Scott). The Countess offers them a place to stay and they accept. Gretel options to sleep separately in one of the fairytale named rooms (the room is actually called Gretel). Hänsel is still determined to sow his oats but is rebuffed when trying to climb through her window.
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| looking drawn or dead |
The Countess is the witch, and in this a witch is a sexually experienced woman who tries to lure of another woman’s man. She sets her sights on Hänsel and he is not that difficult to seduce. The scenes are tame (they might be cut, having not seen the original German release) but there is a lot of nudity. But why the mention? It is a fleeting visitation, Hänsel is having a psychedelic (and possibly hallucinogenic) dream and partway through he sees the Countess (who has not yet seduced him) bare fangs. This, of course, connects the vampiric imagery with the Vamp. Later on, some dark makeup makes her look drawn or dead. And that is all… it is free to watch on (UK) Prime but it really isn’t worth the effort.
The imdb page is here.
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On Demand @ Amazon UK
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