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Helga's creator is an energetic German film distributor named Hanns Eckelcamp, who thought that "the development of human life" might make a jolly subject for a feature film. He slapped together Helga on a budget of $200,000 and watched in astonishment as the film grossed $3,500,000 in Germany alone. Inspired by Helga's triumph, other producers quickly jumped into the enlightenment-movie business. Among the titles that have been doing boffo business in Germany are Miracle of Love, The Perfect Marriage, and You, an account of masturbation and its tension-easing benefits narrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Teutonic Enlightenment | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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