Ernst Hofbauer's "Schulmädchen-Report" is a German movie from over 45 years ago. It was a major success, not only financially, as everybody talked about this movie. Is it more than soft-core porn? Yes and no, I would say. The core story is about a young woman who has sex with the school bus driver. Unluckily for her, she gets caught and it is discussed if she will be expelled. I found it interesting that, not once, there was talk about the bus driver possibly taking advantage of her. In-between, there are more stories about fairly controversial topics, such as one man having sex with several girls, pregnancy, first time sex and even rape. I guess the fact that there were really no taboos in here is a major reason why it became such a famous film and why they made so many sequels afterward. Friedrich von Thun is easily the most famous cast member here, he went on to have a long career that lasts until today. There is one major problem with this film though: As progressive as the message it gives may be, the way we get to this message is not convincing. Here I am talking about the script and, to a lesser extent, the acting. Both areas needed to be a lot better in order to let me recommend this. As a consequence, I believe this is really, like so many other (soft-core) porn movies, only worth watching if you're horny. Otherwise, I give it a thumbs down. By the way, there are several version out there. The one I saw is probably the shortest at only 77 minutes.
Review of The School Girls
