It is very difficult for me, one who knows about the features of the Soviet era only from the stories of her parents, from old films and history lessons, why the film “The Greek Fig Tree” was so popular.
So I happened to taste this forbidden fruit quite recently. It’s somehow inconvenient not to know such a legendary film. Having looked at this masterpiece, I can say for sure that after more than 35 years, such films simply went out of fashion or the viewer was already oversaturated with more piquant spectacles.
The plot of the film "The Greek Fig Tree" is rather unpretentious. Young German student Patricia arrives on vacation to her parents in Greece. When the vacation ends and the girl is going to return to Germany, she meets a couple in love with one ticket at the airport. The main character, without thinking twice, decides to give her ticket to the young man, and she travels hitchhiking.
No sooner said than done, her adventures begin. Traveling by hitchhiking, she meets different people, simultaneously voicing and recording her thoughts, impressions on the recorder. At the same time, the main character, who is passionate about experiencing new experiences, including sexual ones, does not deny herself the pleasure of participating in spicy experiments. Having gone through fire, water and copper pipes, she unexpectedly for herself first falls in love with truly attractive American correspondent Tom, part-time owner of the yacht. It was possible to attract the attention of a young man after Patricia shocked him with naked breasts. Further events develop according to all the laws of the genre: quarrels, disputes, quarrels, and then certainly a happy end under the rays of the hot sun.
So what is the secret? But there is no secret!
The German erotic comedy / melodrama "The Greek Fig Tree", also known as "The fruit has ripened," shocked the public back in 1976. At that time, she really was exotic, provocative, piquant. The picture was taken very beautifully, accompanied by beautiful Greek music, including Sirtaki, crammed with nudity. For the restrained citizens of the USSR, it was a sip of someone else's forbidden life, a real temptation. But that’s why, for her show, law enforcement authorities arrested people, presenting such an accusation as “dissemination of pornography”, I can’t understand. Pornography in the film and does not smell. Also puzzling is the question of why the “Greek Fig-2" did not appear? Or did Ziggy Goetz forget how to shoot pictures of this kind? Or was there not enough funding? And it’s a pity that such inspirational films help most ordinary people to build and live, and they improve the unobtrusive demographic situation.
Greetings from the past, or Nostalgia for the era of the USSR
Many will not agree with me, but I dare to argue that if the film "The Greek Fig Tree" was released at the present time, it would hardly have caused any excitement. The tape looks pale in comparison with modern blockbusters not only in the quality of shooting and special effects, but also in the plot intrigue. But all those who lived behind the Iron Curtain should never forget this picture and the seductive smile of a relaxed and sexy female lead singer Betty Verges.