Det kære legetøj (The Dear Toy, also known as Danish Blue), made in 1968 by director Gabriel Axel, is a Danish feature film advocating the legalizing of pornography.[1]
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| Directed by | Gabriel Axel |
| Written by | Gabriel Axel |
| Produced by | Gabriel Axel |
| Starring | Gurli Taschner Poul Glargaard Jesper Klein |
| Narrated by | Holger Juul Hansen |
| Cinematography | Rolf Rønne |
| Edited by | Edith Nisted Nielsen |
| Music by | Bertrand Bech |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
A campaigning film, it mixes interviews, reconstructions and fiction in playful fashion, seeking to ridicule and undermine Denmark's censorship laws at the time. The film may be said to have been successful in its objective, as a year after its release Denmark completely legalized pornography.[2]
The film was banned in France but released in both England and the United States. It started a whole wave of documentary films about pornography in Denmark.[3]
Cast
editReferences
edit- ^ Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 31 August 2012. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5524-3.
- ^ Ib Bondebjerg (2012). Virkelighedsbilleder: den moderne danske dokumentarfilm (in Danish). Samfundslitteratur. pp. 195–. ISBN 978-87-593-1629-0.
- ^ Peter Schepelern (2010). Filmleksikon (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-87-02-04523-9.
Further reading
edit- Ebbe Villadsen: Danish Erotic Film Classics (2005)
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