Det kære legetøj

Det kære legetøj (The Dear Toy, also known as Danish Blue), made in 1968 by director Gabriel Axel, is a Danish feature film advocating the legalizing of pornography.^[1]

Det kære legetøj
Poster
Directed by	Gabriel Axel
Written by	Gabriel Axel
Produced by	Gabriel Axel
Starring	Gurli Taschner Poul Glargaard Jesper Klein
Narrated by	Holger Juul Hansen
Cinematography	Rolf Rønne
Edited by	Edith Nisted Nielsen
Music by	Bertrand Bech
Release date	29 July 1968 (1968-07-29)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

A campaigning film, it mixes interviews, reconstructions and fiction in playful fashion, seeking to ridicule and undermine Denmark's censorship laws at the time. The film may be said to have been successful in its objective, as a year after its release Denmark completely legalized pornography.^[2]

The film was banned in France but released in both England and the United States. It started a whole wave of documentary films about pornography in Denmark.^[3]

Cast

• Birgit Brüel
• Henrik Wiehe
• Aage Fønss
• Susanne Jagd [da]
• Eddie Karnil [da]
• Arne Hansen [da]
• Kirsten Norholt [da]
• Hardy Rafn
• Per Pallesen
• Poul Glargaard
• Jesper Klein

References

1. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 31 August 2012. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5524-3.
2. Ib Bondebjerg (2012). Virkelighedsbilleder: den moderne danske dokumentarfilm (in Danish). Samfundslitteratur. pp. 195–. ISBN 978-87-593-1629-0.
3. Peter Schepelern (2010). Filmleksikon (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-87-02-04523-9.

Further reading

• Ebbe Villadsen: Danish Erotic Film Classics (2005)

External links

• Det kære legetøj at IMDb
• Det kære legetøj at the Danish National Filmography