Come and Blow the Horn (Swedish: Fäbodjäntan, approximately The herding lass) is a 1978 Swedish pornographic fantasy comedy film directed by Joseph W. Sarno, using the pseudonym Lawrence Henning, and produced by Sture Sjöstedt.[1][2] The film is set in rural Dalarna. It was shot in Skattungbyn outside of Orsa,[3] and was first screened in Orsa in September 1978,[4] and later had its Swedish premiere in the pornographic theater Fenix in Stockholm on 25 September 1978.[5]
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| Directed by | Lawrence Henning |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence Henning |
| Produced by | Sture Sjöstedt |
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| Cinematography | Torbjörn Lindqvist |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
The film has gained notoriety in Sweden, particularly the horn blowing sequence and the masturbation scene where an actress uses a sizable sausage (falukorv) as a dildo.[6] The film's soundtrack includes the traditional gånglåt "Äppelbo gånglåt".[7]
Plot
editThe film takes place in rural Dalarna. A legend surrounding an old horn that is kept in a building states that the instrument was brought along by the vikings on their travels. As they returned home, they would blow the horn, and the village women would come down to the beach to meet their men and make love. The farm girl Monika blows the horn and finds that it indeed causes the local women to get sexually aroused.
Cast
edit- Leena Hiltunen – Monika Skoglund
- Anita Berglund – Britt Kindberg
- Marie Bergman – Agneta Johansson
- Knud Jörgensen – Olle Hansson
International titles
edit- Come and Blow the Horn (UK)
- Come and Blow the Horn (US)
- Hot Swedish Summer (English version)
- Walthorn (West Germany)
Reception
editMarie Claire lists the film, ranking number 15, among a choice of 53 pornographic iconic classics, the magazine finding it has a "delightfully whimsical premise."[8]
References
edit- ^ Gustafsson, T. (2015). Nordic Genre Film. Edinburgh University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-7486-9320-7. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
The most (in)famous Swedish pornographic film from the 1970s is perhaps Fäbodjäntan (Come and Blow the Horn, 1978). In the national imagination, it has become not only iconic of an era clouded by myth and legend of Swedish sin and a golden age of porn and erotic cult movies, but also of a half-jokingly celebrated Swedishness as well. Partly this has to do with the title and the setting, as Mats Björkin notes in his essay on the film 'Fäbodjäntan: Sex, Communication, and Cultural ...
- ^ Larsson, M.; Bjorklund, E. (2016). Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4766-6544-3. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Fäbodjäntan (1978) – inspelningsplatser". Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (11 July 2017). "När Fäbodjäntan kom till Skattungbyn – P4 Dokumentär". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Fäbodjäntan (1978) – visningar". Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ Andersson, Jan-Olov (12 August 2013). "Hans favorit var falukorv". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ Sundgren, N.P. (1984). Moster Svea i tidsspegeln (in Swedish). Askelin & Hägglund. p. 155. ISBN 978-91-7684-045-0. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Mehera Bonner (17 September 2021). "Wild and Completely Iconic Vintage Porn Films". Marie Claire Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
