Danish movies, cut and banned before the November 1971 liberalisation of the Australian censorship system.
Post-November 1971 decisions are here.
Seventeen
Directed by Annelise Meineche / 1965 / Denmark / IMDb
This was reportedly banned because of ‘sex’ sometime in the late 1960s.
Source: HOBART FILM NEWS, April-June-August 1969.
The FILM CENSORSHIP BULLETIN then lists it as being resubmitted twice for a ‘Suitable only for Adults’ rating.
Date: 10-1970 / Rated: SOA / Length: 7560 feet / Time: 84:00 / Censored by 00:32 / Reason: indecency
Date: 04-1971 / Rated: SOA / Length: 7713 feet / Time: 85:42 / Comment: Reconstructed version
Censored footage
Shane Harrison reports.
This gentle coming-of-age comedy introduces Ole Søltoft’s bumbling, innocent virgin character he refined so well in the BEDROOM MAZURKA series. There may have been other deletions, but it was noticeably cut in two places.
The first was in a comedy sequence where Jacob (Ole Søltoft) attempts to hide a persistent erection.
In the second, Jacob receives an introduction to doggy style sex. In the beginning, there is a brief full-frontal nude shot of his female companion.
The daybill lists Blake Films as the distributor.
Post-November 1971 rating
Resubmitted by Blake Films and passed with an M-rating in February 1984. The videotape ran 83-minutes. This does not appear to have been released.
I Love Blue
Directed by Sven Methling / 1968 / Denmark / IMDb
Date: 07-1970 / Rated: Banned / Length: 7702 feet / Time: 85:35 / Reason: indecency
Post-November 1971 rating
Resubmitted by Star Films and passed with an R-rating in March 1972. The print ran 7702-feet (85:35), the same length as the version that was previously banned.
