Sylvia im Reich der Wollust

I saw this many years ago on CINEMAX under the title: The Joy of Flying. It was typical of these outstanding bedroom farces that the Europeans were so adept at in the 1970s and VERY early 1980s. It is a lovely little comedy and I absolutely ADORE this film. The stunning transsexual AJITA Wilson is in it and there is a SIZZLING scene at her villa and I don't wish to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen this film. There are laughs galore and non-stop fun and one just FEELS GOOD after watching this film. Why isn't it available on DVD or VHS? It is a pity that so many settle for the utterly unfunny "adult comedies" that FILL the rental stores as well as the DVD/VHS retailers' shelves.

If anyone of influence reads this PLEASE invest in reissuing this little gem.

I think I have got the right number of Doobys. This is one of those songs that will haunt your head while the film is gathering dust on the shelf. Maybe the film could be labelled as Eurotrash which was a popular genre back in the day. The film is meant to be a comedy as Sylvia (Corinne Brodbeck) goes in search of sexual fulfilment when her TV-mad husband ignores her sexual overtures. It may have been funny once but it has not aged well.

A couple of scenes which may have been acceptable back then would probably raise objections now but I am not going to write spoilers. On the plus side, the leading ladies are not shy doing their nude scenes and thankfully look totally natural. Ajita Wilson is also in this and bearing in mind how trans people are coming to the fore, it could be said that she was way ahead of her time. The locations from the Côte d'Azure to the Austrian Tyrol look good, so what a pity we do not see more of them. Finally, the last shot of the aeroplane is pure Benny Hill but it does not save the film.

I just threw this in the other night. I hadn't seen it in maybe 15 years. And as usual, it did not disappoint.

There is somewhat of a plot here. But it doesn't get in the way too much. There's still plenty of focus on the bevy of German beauties who show it all. This one even has a real life transsexual (Ajita Wilson) who was once a man, and became a woman in the 70's. It really is a vague plot that revolves around Sylvia's desire to get her sexual desires fulfilled.

Don't miss Olivia Pascal's classic line "I must make pee pee!"

They simply don't make nude-filled movies like this anymore. And that's a shame!

This movie is actually a very amusing almost softcore Eurotrash film. The English dub is actually kind of Hilarious--especially the scene with that business dude and the daughter of his associate pretending to be praying while nude as he hid under the bed so as to fool her dad! And the gay guy at the phone booth--too funny!!!

This is considered a form of 70s raunch--but really it's actually quite tame compared to some of the stuff that's R-rated these days. The disco-lounge music playing while the business dude was getting boinked just made the movie more funny!!!

I've wanted to get this one on VHS for years but nobody has it! Anyone who can help????