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Director:
Gerry O'Hara
Writers:
Stephen Chesley (writer)
John Cleland (novel)
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Release Date:
15 July 1983 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Very good erotic movie more

Cast

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Lisa Foster ... Fanny Hill (as Lisa Raines)

Oliver Reed ... Mr. Edward Widdlecome
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Mr. Barville (as Wilfred Hyde White)

Shelley Winters ... Mrs. Cole
Alfred Marks ... Lecher
Paddie O'Neil ... Mrs. Brown (as Paddy O'Neil)
Barry Stokes ... Charles (as Jonathan York)
Maria Harper ... Phoebe
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Lorraine Doyle ... Martha
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sex, Lies and Renaissance (UK)
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Runtime:
Germany:98 min | USA:80 min (R-rated version) | France:92 min
Country:
West Germany | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last performance of Wilfrid Hyde-White. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Fanny Hill (1964) more
Soundtrack:
'Lascia ch'io pianga' from RINALDO more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Very good erotic movie, 18 July 2006
10/10
Author: Jo Wilson-Green (jowilsongreen@yahoo.co.uk) from United Kingdom

Prompted by a possible adaptation of Fanny Hill for British television, I watched, with intrigued, two film productions of Fanny Hill. Which is better? Both were well made, and different, and individually, each has good points. This production stars Lisa Foster, or is it Lisa Raines, as Fanny Hill. I note some interest in this film recently, perhaps all prompted by this adaptation for television.

What's the fuss all about? A once banned novel by John Cleland, about a girl who lost her fortune, went into the servitude of the modern day escort service, found love, lost love, find fortune, finds love. This, of course, is not the fuss. The fuss is the copious about of nudity and sex in the film, often quite explicit, as required by the book. It is, fortunately, not a pornographic movie. The nudity is necessary, and tastefully done, the explicit scenes not shocking. The most amount of nudity is provided by the incredibly beautiful and sexy Lisa Foster. She has a most fantastic, and sensual body, quite innocent, which by account of her date of birth and date of making the movie, quite right too.

What's good? The movie is beautifully filmed with what I would say authentic period pieces, and good scenery. The lighting is good too. The story is good, I read John Cleland's novel some time ago, but retains much in memory, and I was pleasantly surprised how closely the movie as a whole adhered to the novel. The stars are good. First, the big names, in Oliver Reed, Shelley Winters and Wilfred Hyde-White were amusing, and interesting. I particularly liked Oliver Reed's character, and all three over played their parts. Now, for the unknown actresses in Lisa Foster and Maria Harper, the latter did not have much to do, but was very good and very naked in one lesbian scene with Lisa Foster. Lisa Foster is the real star. I have already mentioned the amount of nudity she displayed, and with a body like hers, so she should. What I liked about Lisa is that she could act. When she smiled, I felt her joy, when she cried, I felt her sadness, when she was pleasured, I felt her pleasure, especially the lesbian scene. She acted the role with smiles, joyfulness, emotion, fun, naughtiness. It is sad that she did not find more roles after Fanny Hill, but I guess, the stigma attached to an actress 20 odd years ago who spent a large part (not that large actually, no more than 10 minutes) of the movie naked could not have helped, unlike today. A great shame, but if this database is accurate, she is now a successful technical director.

What's bad? A little too short, more of a dialogue could have been given to Fanny Hill. Shelley Winters, though amusing, can be irritating at times (the other Madamme that Fanny worked for was better).

Overall? This is a very very good movie. It has laughs, it has sex, and it has an incredibly beautiful and sexy actress (Lisa Foster is not in the Penthouse / porno category, with large breasts, she is very pretty, with a fantastic body, all well proportioned, Monica Belluci offers a different kind of beautiful and sexiness). I thoroughly enjoyed it, watch it at your earliest opportunity.

What of the other, later, production of Fanny Hill? You will have to read that review, but I preferred this, I gave both a big 10, but Lisa Foster as Fanny Hill makes the difference.

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