Butterfly (1975) User Reviews

After seeing both the edited and the 1: 30 minute version

[jordondave-28085 · 6/10 · 3 April 2023]

(1975) Butterflies/ Butterfly DRAMA

Written and directed by Joseph W. Sarno that has bored farm girl, Denise (Marie Forså) with her aunt and uncle yearns to be out of farming and get more involve into fashion modelling. And once her current boyfriend, Freddy (Eric Edwards) tells her he wants to finish his studies first, she then decides to pack a little suitcase and head to Munich. She does this by hitching rides, sometimes enticing drivers to stop showcasing some extra skin. One happens to be an overweight underwear salesman before she ditches him, hitches a ride with a nightclub owner, named Frank (Harry Reems), and it is during then she begins to realize she is being used, with the help of Frank's lesbian assistant Ruth (Nadia Henkowa) just as any other woman or lady Frank gets in touch with.

I just like, saw the name on an online movies sites and this film happened to be available without any preconceived notion of what it's about, and noticed that the running time was 1 hour and 11 minutes. And when it was over as there was some boring parts, it was not much of a movie, which the make out scenes may be supposedly to be some of the main highlights, except that the version that I saw those make out scenes were very toned down, and shortened as soon as I found out that the original running time was supposed to be 1 hour and 52 minutes. That's more than 40 minutes that was cut out to avoid the "X" rated version to be shown. The story was still there despite the cuts.

********************************************************************** (1975) Butterfly/ Butterflies ADULT DRAMA

I just finished seeing the 1:30 minute version, but I had to resort watching it on a different format as this was not even available on DVD. And if you are unaware about the synopsis, there is one except that when you watch the 1:30 minute version, the message or the theme can be overshadowed by the graphic make out scenes. When I watched the heavy edited 1:11 version the message was clearly evident. Anyways, upon seeing this version, it showed three out of the four young women Frank made out with, but not the dancer Winnie which I thought was the most attractive of them all. The movie showed lots of Denise (Marie Forså) since she was the main star, and then theirs Denise and then finally Lorina I can't seem to find their actual names on database.

Stiff (Butterflies)

[kosmasp · 5/10 · 30 May 2014]

First up, there are two versions of this movie. One is soft-core and the other (you guessed it) is hardcore. Or explicit if you want to call it that. The soft version is for some reason longer (no pun intended) than the other version. I didn't do a frame by frame comparison or looked for it on any site, because I wasn't really interested in that.

Having said that, the movie is a classic story (sex scenes left out of that equation) of a village girl dreaming big (again no pun) and going out to the big world. In this case the very beautiful (and blonde) main character can not convince her friend to follow her, but her encounters are plentiful. This is above average, with or without actual penetration, but the story itself still is not that revealing or great to get too excited about ... worth a look for curious persons and there is always the fast forward button for the scenes you want to leave out

Adult classic with Marie Forsa, a 19-year old doll

[dhsmith · 10/10 · 21 January 2001]

BUTTERFLIES. From Joseph W. Sarno, one the most acclaimed and legendary directors of erotic cinema, comes this classic story of a country girl's erotic awakening in the big city. Beautiful, young, and restless, Bibi (Marie Forsa) can't stand another day on her family's farm and with her boring country boyfriend (Eric Edwards). She dreams of becoming a fashion model and life in the fast lane, so she packs her bags and sets out for the city determined to experience every one of her glamorous and erotic fantasies. Marie Forsa stars with Harry Reems, a womanising charmer who beds everything in site. Bibi wants more, so moves on. Marie Forsa makes you believe she is having the best sex a woman can have. She was a real doll and in my mind the best erotic actress of the 70s.

Classic tale of little girl in big city

[augustian · 8/10 · 16 July 2012]

This review may contain SPOILERS. This review is of Blafferen, the Swedish Sex Collection double-disc. One disc is the soft core version which runs for 112 minutes while the hardcore version on the second disc runs for only 93 minutes. The hardcore version contains close-up penetration shots, while some other scenes have been cut down or omitted altogether. For instance, the farmyard scene showing Denise (Marie Forsa) has been cut down. Omitted altogether are the scenes of the telephone call that Frank (Harry Reems) makes on his way to Munich and the final scene of Frank in his apartment with the the nightclub dancer. Other scenes also have their share of editing.

Country girl Denise is fed up with life on the farm and also with her boyfriend Freddy (Eric Edwards) so she heads off to Munich for some good times. She meets Frank, and is soon living with him in Munich. Cue sex scenes aplenty. Frank though, cannot keep his hands off other women. Cue more sex scenes. It becomes apparent to Denise that she is just another of Frank's conquests, a lesson learned by previous conquests, and conquests to come. As Frank says when his next girlfriend leaves him, "There will always be another." This raises the question of who gained by womens' liberation or the sexual revolution - women or men? In the end Denise yearns for the certainty of her old boyfriend.

In the commentary and biography, it is said that Marie and co-star Eric Edwards carried on their relationship off-screen as well so she certainly seemed to enjoy what she was doing. She certainly gave everything she had, as did the other women in this film. The one aspect that did grate was regular use of close-ups. It was annoying that the actors get naked for their sex scenes and then we get close-ups of their faces. Despite this one gripe, there is still plenty to see, so a definite recommendation.

When Pornography Becomes Art...

[Falconeer · 8/10 · 22 July 2019]

....It can no longer be called "pornography." This mind-bogglingly sexy, erotic film is infinitely superior to adult films like "Deep Throat" and "The Green Door," and yet it is virtually unknown, unlike those movies which have become household names. Boasting mainstream production values and the absolute most beautiful women ever to appear in adult films, this movie is meant to be watched from beginning to end, unlike any adult movies produced today. The super-cute Marie Forsa plays Denise, a young German country girl who feels like she is wasting her life living on her family farm. She dreams of being a high fashion model, and after leaving a note for her overbearing mother, hitch-hikes to the big city of Munich, in search of her idea of "the brass ring." She soon loses sight of her goal, once she is seduced by Alpha-Centurian stud, Frank, played by the legendary Harry Reems, who turns in a ferocious, inexhaustible performance as a womanizing nightclub owner. The inexperienced Denise has no understanding of the Alpha male mindset, and when she becomes one of Frank's many, MANY conquests to be used and tossed aside, she loses her illusions, and her innocence. And that's basically it; a tale of innocence lost...but filmed superbly. Director Joe Sarno wisely decides to film the erotic scenes in a tasteful manner. Those scenes are somewhere between softcore and hardcore, but never quite go into truly nasty territory. This ingenious method forces the audience to respect what they are seeing, as serious film. Sometimes less is more, and the imagination can be better than what is actually shown, and that makes it so much sexier. In fact I believe "Butterflies" might be the sexiest movie I have ever seen. I also wanted to note the attention paid to the interiors, especially Frank's apartment, or "lair," with every room a different color and so ornately decorated that at times it resembles a 70's space ship. Finally, this one could be a lesson to women who tend to fall in love with the kind of men that Reems portrays here; the kind of men that simply cannot be controlled, or possessed by any one woman. That kind of relationship is based on self delusion and is usually painful. For fans of 70's erotic films, this one is not to be missed. it is an absolute CLASSIC of it's genre. I recommend another adult film classic, "Sometimes Sweet Susan," also starring the incomparable Harry Reems.

Maria Forsa gorgeous , Eric Edwards a fantasist.

[jsc6752 · 25 January 2024]

First off , the trivia quoting Eric Edwards is almost certainly total bullxxxx. He says he was flown over to europe to do softcore scenes. Why on earth would the director of a softcore film go to the expense and trouble of flying over a hardcore performer to do softcore scenes ? Total nonsense , even more so when he says that he and Maria Forsa got so aroused they did hardcore because they couldn't help themselves. This is just egotistical bragging. Joe Sarno clearly filmed 2 versions , one hardcore , the other softcore. All the performers would have known this advance.

He was very lucky to do the scene though , as Maria Forsa is stunning in this film , though more so in her scene with Harry Reems. Eroticism is very rare in porno , but Maria Forsa had the capacity to look genuinely , totally orgasmic , a performance rarely matched in decades of porn since this was made. Maybe Hedy Lamarr matched her in Ecstacy a few decades earlier.