Language of Love (1969)

Original title

Ur kärlekens språk

Directed by

Torgny Wickman

Genre

documentary film, sexploitation film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Swedish sex education documentary from 1969. It explains human sexuality through explicit demonstrations and discussion.

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What happens

Language of Love (Swedish: Ur kärlekens språk) is a 1969 Swedish sex educational film directed by Torgny Wickman. It was an international success. Although initially refused a cinema certificate in 1970 by the BBFC, it was passed uncut 3 years later and gained publicity when 30,000 people gathered on Trafalgar Square in London to protest against a nearby movie theatre showing it, one of the protesters being pop singer Cliff Richard. Lord Longford and Raymond Blackburn decided to pursue a matter of pornography classification for the film Language of Love into the Court of Appeal and lost the writ of mandamus against the Police Commissioner, who had refused to intrude upon the British Board of Film Classification remit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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