"Greek fig tree": the forbidden fruit, as you know, is sweet

I - the one who knows about the peculiarities of the Soviet era only from the stories of parents, from old movies and history lessons, it is very difficult to understand why the movie "Greek fig tree" was so popular. So I happened to eat this forbidden fruit more recently. Somehow it is inconvenient not to know such a legendary film. Looking at this masterpiece, I can say unequivocally, after more than 35 years, these films just went out of fashion or the viewer was already oversaturated with more piquant spectacles.

The plot of the film "Greek fig tree" is rather unpretentious. A young German student Patricia comes on vacation to her parents in Greece. When the vacation ends and the girl is going to return to Germany, at the airport she meets a couple in love with one ticket. The main character, without thinking twice, decides to give her ticket to the young man, and she travels by hitchhiking.

It is said - done, and her adventures begin. Hitch-hiking, she meets different people, simultaneously voicing and recording her thoughts, impressions on the recorder. At the same time, the main character who passionately wants to experience new experiences, including sexual ones, does not deny herself the pleasure of participating in spicy experiments. Passing fire, water and copper pipes, she suddenly falls in love with herself for the first time in an attractive American correspondent Tom, in combination with the owner of the yacht. To draw attention of the young man it has turned out after Patricia has shocked its naked breast. Then the events develop according to all the laws of the genre: quarrels, disputes, quarrels, and then by all means a happy end under the rays of the hot sun.

So what's the secret? And there is no secret!

German erotic comedy / melodrama "Greek fig tree", also known as "The Fruit Is Ripe", shocked the audience in the distant 1976. At that time, it really was exotic, provocative, piquant. The picture is very beautiful, accompanied by beautiful Greek music, including Sirtaki, napiska naked. For the restrained citizens of the USSR, it was a sip of another's forbidden life, a real temptation. But that's why the law enforcement agencies arrested people for her show, presenting such an accusation as "spreading pornography," I can not understand. Pornography in the film does not smell. Also puzzling is the question of why the "Greek fig-tree-2" did not appear? Or Ziggy Goetz forgot to shoot pictures of this kind? Or funding is not enough? And it's a pity that such inspirational films for the majority of ordinary people build and live help, and improve the demographic situation unobtrusively.

Greetings from the past, or Nostalgia for the era of the USSR

Many will disagree with me, but I dare say that if the film "Greek fig tree" was released in the rental now, it would hardly have caused any excitement. The tape looks pale compared to modern blockbusters, not only in shooting quality and special effects, but also in plot intrigue. But to all those who lived behind the "Iron Curtain", never forget this picture and the seductive smile of a relaxed and sexy performer starring Betty Verges.