Underplayed Gems

Besonders wertvoll (1968)

Besonders wertvoll poster
Directed by
Hellmuth Costard
Genre
pornographic film
Country
Germany
Runtime
11 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short film from 1968 pokes fun at a new German film law that included a clause about indecency. Its title references a top rating from the film board. The movie makes a joke of the content rules.

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What happens

Besonders wertvoll ist der Titel eines Kurzfilms des deutschen Regisseurs Hellmuth Costard aus dem Jahr 1968. Der Titel ist eine Anspielung auf das höchste Filmprädikat „besonders wertvoll“ der Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden. Zu Beginn des Jahres 1968 wurde in Deutschland ein neues Filmförderungsgesetz verabschiedet, das auch eine Klausel zur „Sittenwidrigkeit“ enthielt. Der Film beschäftigt sich in ironischer Weise mit diesem Thema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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