Popcorn und Himbeereis (1978)

A large sum of money is lost in a furniture company's bed; a couple girls make it their mission in life to track the elusive bed down. Along the way, they meet a lovable loser who's also a perverted voyeur, a straight-laced policewoman who's a wild disco queen by night, and, of course, they find much more than just a bed with money - they find love. (sigh)

The Kika furniture company

Vivi (Olivia Pascal) is tasked by the Kika furniture company to deposit 18,000 marks.

Vivi unwisely entrusts her capricious friend, Bea (Gesa Thoma), with making the deposit. Bea is quickly distracted by a guy and doesn't end up going to the bank.

The furniture company, the owner, Mr. Hansen, introduces his son Bobby (Benny Schnier) to the company manager. But Bobby doesn't take the family business too seriously.

The manager leads Bobby to the warehouse.

Bea and her boyfriend have decided to have sex on the mattresses at the warehouse. But they are interrupted when they hear Bobby and the manager approach.

In her hurry to put on her clothes, Bea forgets about the envelope of money stuck in the crack between the matress and the bed frame.

Vivi learns that Bea has not deposited the 18,000 marks.

They rush to the warehouse and learn the bed they were having sex on has already been transported by to another location.

Bea and Vivi get on a train to try and catch up with the bed en route to another city. Along the way they meet a sad sack named Jonny (Zachi Noy) who befriends them.

The friends finally catch up to the truck. They find it at the site of a ritzy hotel in a resort town.

They are disappointed to find the bed has already been unloaded. They will have to check into the hotel to find the bed. They meet Bobby Hansen and are not at all impressed. They don't know he is the son of the owner of the furniture company.

Bea and Viva take a shower together at the hotel.

Jonny strolls in.

The girls don't seem particularly alarmed by his arrival. They don't quite think of him seriously as a guy.

Staying at the hotel is Yvonne (Ursula Buchfellner) an aspiring actress.

Yvonne finds that her ex boyfriend Alexander (Alexander Grill) is the manager at this hotel. They hustle up to her hotel room to fool around.

Yvonne throws Alexander on the bed and jumps on top of him. It's not entirely clear how this gorgeous woman could be attracted to the buffoonish hotel manager, but I suppose that's the comedy.

They are interrupted as Bea, Vivi and Jonny sneak into the room.

Things get even more complicated for Alexander when his mean, fat wife (Margarethe Kuske) enters the scene. Alexander acts shocked at the presence of a naked woman.

Vivi and Bea find this all very amusing.

After the silly wife and husband leave, Yvonne is sent into the bathroom so they can inspect the bed.

Unfortunatley, there's no envelope of money in this bed. They'll have to search the other rooms.

Vivi gets to know Bobby a little better.

Bea and Vivi go to the discotheque where Bobby continues to try and make moves. But it's to no avail.

Yvonne is also there - dancing with her dress down, until Alexander finds her and frantically pulls her dress back up.

At the discotheque, Jonny meets Pamela (Dolly Dollar) a maid at the hotel who has taken a liking to him.

That night, Pamela is surprised to find Jonny entering her maid's quarters.

Jonny sits on the side of the bed to take off his shoes when Pamela pops out from under the covers naked.

Pamela is very agressive and she pushes him down onto the bed. Jonny wants none of this and tries to escape.

Jonny runs out of the room and Pamela chases after him.

Jonny finally agrees to just give her a kiss on the cheek. That's enough for Pamela and she leaves him alone and goes to a separate room.

Policewoman Sandra (Bea Fiedler) is a tough straight-laced meter maid by day, and sexy disco dolly by night.

Sandra goes home with a motorcyclist (one who she gave a ticket to earlier).

In the morning, Sandra tries to stealthily get on uniform and leave without waking him up.

When the guy wakes up he can't believe his eyes that's she's a meter maid. Hilariously, she still gives his motorcycle a ticket as she leaves.

Viva and Bea continue their search for the bed. They disguise themselves as nuns and go in a convent. Of course this ends badly and they still have no luck in their search.

With Bobby finally in on their quest for the bed, they search a hospital. They think they've found the envelope, but it just contains a sausage. Little do they realize, the money really is in the hospital bed, but they never find it.

Vivi is about to deliver the bad news to Mr. Hansen, but Bobby steps in and saves her. It's revealed he's the heir to the company and they kiss. THE END

VZ6 SCORECARD

There were so many movies like this - frollicking silly fun as uninhibited youth go on an adventure (often to San Tropez).  There were whole series of these films, and it's really its own genre.  I'd say, as a piece in this genre, it stacks up fairly well with its colleagues. There's a lot of nudity, but all very tame.  My biggest complain is the last quarter of the film which largely neglects the T&A in favor of focusing on their adventure, which gets a bit tiresome.  A big fan of Olivia Pascal, and was more than a little disappointed that she provides precious little eye candy aside from that shower scene.

As much as I enjoyed seeing Gesa Thoma completely naked in this scene, it is a pity that Olivia Pascal is so sudsed up.

Ursula Buchfellner is naked for a long time as this scene unfolds from a sexual encounter to caught in the act, then the long fallout afterwards.  Ursula Buchfellner delivers a great public nudity scene as she dances at the disco with her boobs out.  Alexander eventually pulls up her dress to preserve her modesty.

Fantastic FFN from Bea Fiedler who gets dressed in great lighting, with camera basically drooling over the whole process. 

Dolly Dollar's marvelous milkers are on full display in the scene where she ravages Jonny. This was her second film - the first role was when she was when she was very young. She'd go on to a pretty extensive filmography spanning the decades.

Overall the film is good for what it is, but it does have a number of strikes against it: Pascal is underutilized, too many goofy scenes that fall flat, and a final act which escalates the nonsense and tomfoolery but doesn't add any laughs or eye candy.

☆☆☆☆☆☆ 6/10