Inga
Reviewed by Mikeninja
2.5 stars
After her mother dies, seventeen year old Inga goes off to live with her attractive 30-something aunt Greta. Greta is sort of in a financial bind due to her young lover Karl who is draining her finances. When the quiet and shy Inga arrives she attracts every man she meets. Greta, not realizing the growing attraction between her kept boyfriend and her sultry niece, plans to sell off Inga's affections to a wealthy playboy who craves innocent girls but the entire plan fails when Inga hops in the sack with Karl and the two run off together . . .
Inga was a scandalous Swedish sin and sex erotodrama from the late 60's reissued and restored as part of Seduction Cinema's Retro-Seduction Cinema line. The VHS edition contains a beautiful print of the B+W film, some outtakes, two trailers for Inga and a third for the sequel, The Seduction of Inga.
At first it seemed to me that Inga was going to be an over hyped melodrama but after Inga (Marie Liljedahl) arrived (about halfway through the film) it was easy to see why the film caused such a sensation. Marie Liljedahl was a very hot Swedish sex kitten whose nude scenes crackle with sensuality. She in 3 or so nude scenes and two sex scenes, the first being the best a solo scene, pleasuring her self in what is probably the most erotic cinematic moment of 1967. In fact the handful or so of other ladies who bare their wares are simply wooden window dressing compared to her.
Storywise the film is a ripe melodrama that makes Peyton Place seem like Sesame Street. Even without the nudity the film's frank plotline involving sex, gigolos, pimping and the seduction of innocents would have shocked the hell out of most audiences of the time. Its central characters are mostly unlikable and Inga gets used by almost everyone. That said its a wonderful time capsule of late 60's sin and passion and definitely worth a look for Marie Lilhedahl alone.
