Jag – en oskuldInga – Ich habe Lust / Inga

Retrospective, Sweden 1968, 96 Min., German version, FSK 18

Jag – en oskuld

"Inga" is a subtle work in the vast oeuvre of Joseph Sarno. The film depicts a liberal, educated Denmark where sexual education is taught at school. "17-year old Inga moves in with her widowed aunt Greta. While Inga has her first experiences with youth culture, beat music and sexuality, her aunt tries to pair her off with a befriended journalist, who also happens to be much older. Greta's own younger lover, too, shows an avid interest in Greta's beautiful niece. What sounds to be a wild mess taken from the dregs of a soap opera is actually a very sensitive, melancholic and beautifully staged film about growing up. The sexual tension between the protagonists are universally tangible, but there are neither explicit sex scenes nor otherwise lurid elements. Nevertheless, the film caused a scandal in several countries on account of its youthful lead actress." (B-Movie Hamburg, 2009) Marie Lijedahl ended her acting career soon after and became a successful engineer.

Director Joseph W. Sarno

Screenplay Joseph W. Sarno

Cast Marie Liljedahl (Inga Frilund), Monica Strömmerstedt (Greta Johansson, Ingas Tante), Thomas Ungewitter (Einar Nilsson), Casten Lassen (Karl Nistad), Else-Marie Brandt (Frida Dagheim), Sissi Kaiser (Sigrid Nilsson), Anne-Lise Myhrvold (Dagmar), Kurt Eriksson (Hallstroem), Lennart Norbäck (Lothar Bjoerkson), Lotta Persson (Uta Dahlberg, Richterin), Anders Beling (Birger), Annabel Reis (Olga), Ulf Rönnquist (Tor), Kitty Kurkinen (Helga Lindqvist), Rose-Marie Nilsson

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