Fanny Hill (1964 film)

Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill
Directed by	Russ Meyer; Albert Zugsmith (uncredited);
Written by	John Cleland (novel); Robert Hill;
Produced by	Artur Brauner; Albert Zugsmith;
Starring	Letícia Román; Miriam Hopkins; Ulli Lommel;
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Alfred Srp
Music by	Erwin Halletz
Distributed by	Gloria Film (West Germany); Pan World (U.S.);
Release dates	September 25, 1964 (West Germany); March 10, 1965 (U.S.);
Running time	85 min (cut version); 96 min (Germany); 104 min (U.S.);
Countries	United States; West Germany;
Language	English/German
Box office	$1 million net

Fanny Hill is a 1964 American – West German historical comedy film directed by Russ Meyer and starring Letícia Román, Miriam Hopkins and Ulli Lommel.^[2] Filmed at the Spandau Studios in Berlin, the film is an adaptation of the 1748 John Cleland novel of the same name.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Letícia Román as Fanny Hill
Miriam Hopkins as Mrs. Brown
Ulli Lommel as Charles
Chris Howland as Mr. Norbert
Helmut Weiss as Mr. Dinklespieler
Karin Evans as Martha
Alexander D'Arcy as Admiral
Christiane Schmidtmer as Fiona

Production[]

Russ Meyer was hired to make the film by Albert Zugsmith, the first time he had directed for a producer who was not himself. According to Roger Ebert, Meyer "found Zugsmith difficult to work with, the German backers of the film unreliable, and the shooting conditions all but impossible."^[3]

"The only thing that got me through at all," said Meyer, "was working with Miriam Hopkins, who was our star. The two of us pulled that picture through somehow. I told her once that it was remarkable how much she knew about making a picture, and she reminded me that, after all, she had once been married to Fritz Lang."^[3]

While in Europe, Meyer made Europe in the Raw immediately afterwards.^[3]

References[]

^ Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (1975). "Albert Zugmsith". In Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (eds.). Kings of the Bs : working within the Hollywood system : an anthology of film history and criticism. E. P. Dutton. p. 424.
^ BFI.org
^ ^a ^b ^c RUSS MEYER: King of the Nudies Ebert, Roger. Film Comment; New York Vol. 9, Iss. 1, (Jan/Feb 1973): 35-46.

External links[]

Fanny Hill at IMDb

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[kings-1] Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (1975). "Albert Zugmsith". In Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (eds.). Kings of the Bs : working within the Hollywood system : an anthology of film history and criticism. E. P. Dutton. p. 424.

[2] BFI.org

[ebert-3] RUSS MEYER: King of the Nudies Ebert, Roger. Film Comment; New York Vol. 9, Iss. 1, (Jan/Feb 1973): 35-46.

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