Europe in the Raw is a 1963 American documentary film written and directed by Russ Meyer. It was released on March 28, 1963.
Cast Veronique Gabriel Gigi La Touche Abundavita Denise Du Vall Heide Richter Yvette Le Grand Greta Thorwald Shawn Devereaux Franklin L. Thistle
Production Meyer shot the film in Europe after completing production of Fanny Hill (1964). According to Roger Ebert, Meyer "concealed a 16-mm camera in a suitcase and got footage in the red-light districts of Paris, Amsterdam and elsewhere." Meyer later felt the suitcase camera was unhandy and difficult to use, and that he would not recommend making a film in that way again."RUSS MEYER: King of the Nudies Ebert, Roger. Film Comment; New York Vol. 9, Iss. 1, (Jan/Feb 1973): 35-46.
Reception Boxoffice wrote: "Enterprising producer-director-cameraman Russ Meyer, trekking along the highways and byways of Europe, comes up with entertainment that can be aggressively, imaginatively sold to the male crowd. ... This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, to be recommended for the naive, gullible and impressionable. It's strictly adult entertainment and best to be played off in the larger cities. The smaller communities, by tradition, seem to frown on such screen presentations, and where the local showman feels antagonism will be registered against his theatre and the film industry, it might well be a good idea to screen the attraction for reigning authorities. Meyer is not a novice; he has a keen awareness of what will register on the screen."
See also List of American films of 1963
References
External links
Europe in the Raw at TCMDB