''Swedish Fly Girls'' is a 1971 Danish
drama film
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, also known as ''Christa''. The English title is misleading, since the lead character, Christa, is Danish rather than Swedish.
Plot
Christa is a 23-year old Danish single mother, who as a stewardess meets many men.
While she enjoys her promiscuity and carefree, urban single lifestyle, Christa seeks marriage with a man who will accept both her and her son Rolf, who lives with her parents.
As Christa forms temporary relationships with an Italian businessman (who does not want to be a stepfather), an American artist (who wants an open marriage), and a French conductor (who tells her that he is too dedicated to music to give her what she wants), a private detective follows her. Torben, wealthy and reckless heir to a family fortune and Rolf's father, tried to force Christa to abort their son. He insists to her that she will return to him and secretly builds a library of dossiers on her lovers, while his business empire collapses from overaggressive expansion.
London
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lawyer Derek is Christa's most serious relationship; she accepts his proposal, and plans to move to
Australia
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with him. Torben threatens to use the dossiers and his greater financial resources to gain custody of Rolf, forcing her to end the engagement. After his last hope for saving his company fails, however, Torben commits
suicide
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Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or ac ...
in front of Christa. The film ends with Derek, Christa, and Rolf reuniting at the
nude beach
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.
Cast
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Birte Tove
Birte Tove (née Birte Tove Sørensen; 1945–2016), was a Danish actress and nude model. She is best known for her work in the 1970s Bedside-films (), an erotic film series produced by A/S Palladium. Her films were popular internationally, and ...
as Christa
*Baard Owe as Torben
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Clinton Greyn
Clinton Greyn (29 September 1933 – 19 March 2019) was a Welsh-born actor noted for his appearances in British television series of the 1960s and 1970s.
After graduating from RADA in 1957, Greyn worked in rep at Ipswich, Chesterfield and th ...
as Derek
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Daniel Gélin
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor.
Early life
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin.
When he was ten, ...
as Andre
References
External links
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1971 films
Danish drama films
American International Pictures films
English-language Danish films
1970s English-language films
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