| Modern Pulp | Jan 20 2018 |
Betty and her friends are ripe and ready.
This Italian poster was made for a film called La porno villeggiante, which was originally released as Griechische Feigen, but which you may know as The Fruit Is Ripe. We already talked about it several years back, and suffice to say it's a breezy little erotic romp set in the Greek Isles starring Betty Verges and Olivia Pascal. Softcore movies set in foreign lands are a particular weakness of ours, and this one helped inspire our amazing trip to Mykonos, Santorini, and Naxos in in 2014. We'd go back if there weren't other islands in other oceans we need to get to, but trust us—it's worth it, even if your trip doesn't resemble the movie. There's no Italian release date on La porno villeggiante, but it had its world premiere in West Germany today in 1977. Below are some interesting promo images we located. You can read our original write up on the film here.
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| Modern Pulp | Jan 20 2014 |
The Greek Isles work their strange magic yet again.
The above poster for Griechische Feigen, aka The Fruit Is Ripe, isn’t as artful as those we usually share, but we’re adding it to the site anyway because the movie is set in the Greek Isles—and you know we love the Greek Isles. This follows the same basic plot as other films set there, such as Summer Lovers, Lesbo, and many more—i.e., the landscape, lifestyle, and sense of timelessness bring out everyone’s inner freak. Griechische Feigen is classic sexploitation, well worth a viewing, and good for a laugh. It’s also of special note because it stars two early Pulp Intl. femmes fatales—Betty Vergès and Olivia Pascal, who you can see here and here. We don’t claim Griechische Feigen is a good film—we wouldn’t dare. But it’s certainly good inspiration for your travels, whether to Greece, or anywhere the sun shines bright on endless ocean and the nights last forever. It premiered in West Germany today in 1977.
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| Femmes Fatales | Dec 16 2009 |
Coffee, tea, or me?
Above, a nice frontal image of French actress and model Betty Vergès, who appeared in four movies between 1977 and 1979 including Griechische Feigen, aka The Fruit Is Ripe, with fellow sex symbol Olivia Pascal. This shot is from 1978.
| Femmes Fatales | May 26 2009 |
The fruit isn’t the only thing that’s ripe.
German actress Olivia Pascal, née Olivia Gerlitzki, began in movies with 1977’s adventure Griechische Feigen, aka The Fruit Is Ripe, in which she starred with Betty Verges. Pascal has acted in scores of films since then, appearing most recently in the television series Stolberg in 2013. This great shot was published in the German magazine Filmstars ohne Hüllen in 1985. Pascal was born fifty-two years ago today.
