| Language of Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Torgny Wickman |
| Produced by | Inge Ivarson |
| Written by | Inge Hegeler Sten Hegeler Torgny Wickman |
| Music by | Mats Olsson |
| Editing by | Carl-Olov Skeppstedt |
| Release date(s) | 2 October 1969 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | SEK 700,000 (Around 100.000 dollars) |
| Box office | SEK 7,083,000 (Sweden) (sub-total) |
Language of Love (Swedish: Ur kärlekens språk) is a 1969 Swedish sex educational film directed by Torgny Wickman. It was an international success.
It gained a lot of publicity when 30,000 people gathered on Trafalgar Square in London to protest against a nearby movie theatre showing it, one of the protesters being pop singer Cliff Richard[1], and when it was confiscated by the American customs when arriving in the United States. Following this, it was at some places marketed as a sexploitation film of the "white coater" variety - a pornographic film masquerading as a documentary or scientific film.
A 1970 sequel Mera ur kärlekens språk (More from the Language of Love) had equally successful box office though it dealt more with alternate sexuality and lifestyles and with the disabled.
Two sequels followed: Kärlekens XYZ ("Love 3") (1971) and Det bästa ur Kärlekens språk-filmerna ("The Best from the Language of Love Films") (1973).
One of the films in the series was featured in the movie Taxi Driver, in a scene where Robert DeNiro takes Cybil Shepherd to a cinema showing the film on their first date.
Remakes of the first two films appeared in 2004 (Kärlekens språk a.k.a. Kärlekens språk 2000) and in 2009 (Mera ur kärlekens språk), both directed by Anders Lennberg.