''Bordellet'' is a 1972 Danish theatrical sex comedy film made by

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and was

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's first full-length hardcore pornographic feature film. The story is set around 1900 and involves a young girl, a brothel, and a hidden treasure. Typically for Danish hardcore sex comedies of the 1970s, the production was not blocked from hiring people from the mainstream film industry. The crew included cinematographer

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, also known as co-director of the TV miniseries '' The Kingdom'' (1994). The cast includes comedian

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, a popular mainstream film and television actor, and popular singer Inger-Lise Gaarde. The film started a decade-long run of Danish hardcore sex comedies.

Release party

At the film's release party, Danish millionaire

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showed up, took off his clothes and started having sex with members of the film's female cast in front of the press. The resulting photos made front-page news and are still reprinted frequently.Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll breakfasts – whatever Simon says
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*Bordelle

at International Movies Database
''Bordellet'' af DFI.dk
1972 films 1970s Danish-language films Films set in the 1900s 1970s sex comedy films 1972 comedy films Danish sex comedy films {{1970s-Denmark-film-stub

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