Flossie

Mac Ahlberg has come up with a winner in this porn film. Marie Forsa is superbly cast as Flossie the young girl who entrances embassy worker, Jack Archer (Jack Frank) as well as entrancing the male population who see this film. Marie Forsa oozes innocence as well as sexuality which explains her popularity. We must not forget the other beautiful women who appear here.

Maybe the film has been censored to some degree because although Jack Frank appears several times with an erection and there are a number of sex scenes, there are no climax shots and no penetration shots that we get in hard porn nowadays. There are some imaginative scenes such as the orgy scene in which a blindfolded Jack has a threesome in front of an audience; and another scene in which a local stud has the pick of several girls.

Overall, this film combines very sexy girls with a good script, the only blot though is a too frequent use of the close-up of faces when a bit of restraint to show those beautiful bodies would not have gone amiss. Well worth seeing though.

Sol says: The beautiful Maria Lynn/Marie Forsa is similarly well-cast as Mac Ahlberg's FLOSSIE, a film that only flirts with hardcore -perhaps its main defect.

Not actually true. The film features plenty of hardcore footage of fellatio and intercourse. The film only lacks the current obsession with male ejaculation.

The film is beautifully lit and filmed, and the lead actress is adorable. I'd describe it as an excellent "couples movie", unlike the vast majority of the current product. It is explicit, without being gynecological.

Poor Jack Archer...he's handsome, intelligent, well dressed and well hung. But he's trapped in a world of lesbians obsessed with other women. Fortunately, a few of them are willing to spread it for him on occasion. Unfortunately, the latest object of his lust, "Flossie," is not one of them.

Although Flossie is willing to orally service him now and then (and vice versa), our boy Jack has to look elsewhere if he wants to sail his gondola up the Grand Canal. Will this ever change? We don't know, but Jack, Flossie and Flossie's guardian each have a grand old time (and so do we) watching as they narrate flashbacks of their previous sexual encounters.

We see Jack drilling the pipes of various Euro-tarts at orgies and Gothic chateaus...we see Flossie diving for Tuna at the girl's school...and we see the guardian taking on an impressively endowed (and fully aroused) Jack during a previous rendezvous, when she wore a wig and he thought she was someone else.

While most of the sex is softcore, there are at least two scenes (both involving unnamed extras) where vaginal penetration was taking place. This involves a blonde party guest at the orgy, who is in so deep there are only the briefest side-glimpses of what's going on; and at the girl's school, where a man who bones one of Flossie's classmates is clearly "in," but the high angle and distance obscure most of the action.

"Flossie" is still worthwhile as a well produced and exceptionally well-photographed Euro-film. Handsome Jack Frank, whose second film this was, is onscreen much of the time and he makes the movie, no pun intended. (He later went on to hardcore before retiring from films in the mid '80s.)

As will happen in '70s smut films, the camera frequently eschews the sex shots we're there for, and instead lingers and lingers and lingers on closeups of various female faces (after all, where else will you see one of THOSE, right? Gag.)

Worth a look.

Mindy Wilson as FLOSSIE: A VENUS OF FIFTEEN is the ultimate Victorian porn heroine in my book. The beautiful Maria Lynn/Marie Forsa is similarly well-cast as Mac Ahlberg's FLOSSIE, a film that only flirts with hardcore -perhaps its main defect.

Maria is perhaps the ultimate embodiment of borderline hardcore action: her films for Joe Sarno are still revered as perhaps the ultimate of representing explicit sex on screen tastefully -without showing penetration. That is the format here -we see massive hard-ons (from hero Jack Frank) and simulated fellatio, but it's strictly softcore.

Story has been updated from 19th Century to contemporary milieu, and follows exactly the same storyline as the VENUS OF FIFTEEN hardcore version. Capt. Jack Archer (Jack Frank) is immediately smitten with Flossie when he meets her and her patroness Eva (Kim Frank), and spends the rest of the film dry humping Lynn, until as a threesome he gets to deflower the young virgin under Eva's scrutiny.

Ahlberg includes many flashbacks, as per the Victorian source novel, showing Flossie's sexual initiation into lesbianism as a school girl. Anita Ericsson is her mate in these segments -and went hardcore quite effectively opposite Lynn in the later film "Molly" as well as a favorite of mine "Girl on Her Knees" (both of these made by FLOSSIE producer Inge Ivarson).

Lynn is so appealing, and the direction expert, that FLOSSIE is continually arousing. Even the requisite orgy scenes are well-done, within the confines of softcore.

It is interesting that all three leading ladies worked with Sarno on various of his Scandi shoots. So this authentically Swedish opus is recommended to the growing Joe Sarno cult for comparative purposes.

I have this on a drive-in compilation, and was expecting some Erwin C. Dietrich-level smut (both Swedish-related). What I got was exactly one hair short of full-blown porn. As in, you can tell when people are actually having sex, minus any graphic close-ups or finishes.

I'll say what I actually liked first. There are plenty of reasons I feel the Golden Age of porn is the best. Flossie exemplifies some strong characteristics found in a lot of 70's plot-driven, erotic X-rated films. First of all, this movie has an overarching story, and it's a good premise. Second, the fantasies (er, mostly told in flashback) are very thoughtful. My favorite 70's adult films (usually) have a great way of incorporating the sex into the story and plot line. This movie is wonderful in these respects.

Alright, Jack (Jack Frank) is one of the three main characters in this film. Why? All I can figure is he's got a pretty face and a big D. It sure as hell ain't his personality or his passion. This actor and character literally cripples what's good about this film.

The connection Jack has with Eva and Flossie is ultimately explained, but what preceded had me constantly asking Why?! Jack has exactly zero charisma, and looks stone-faced, no matter the situation. Flossie FALLS IN LOVE with the dullard minutes after they meet. Even after exuding the personality of a rotten tree stump. He gets some blowskis from Flossie, and puts both hands behind his head like he's a sultan entertaining his harem. Stone-face. Somehow, in another galaxy, he gets into a four-way with three female strangers from a limo. Apparently just another day at the office. I think he goes Oh! When the ladies remove his blindfold to reveal an orgy observing them. Bravo, Jack! A pretty face'll only get you so far, unless you're a rock star. Jack travels to different embassies, in some capacity, and wanders the streets of Stockholm gawking at foxy ladies. Me? Envious? Maybe.

There ARE unintentional laughs to be found, courtesy of Jack blandly reciting graphic sexual acts. Also, one performer looks disturbingly like Neil Young.

There's a fly in my soup. Burn in hell, Jack.