"Die Stewardessen" (and there are a handful English titles for this one without one being just the simple literal translation "The Stewardesses") is a Swiss 85-minute movie from 1971, so it has its 45th anniversary this year. The writer and director is the (in)famous Erwin C. Dietrich, who is known for his sex-themed comedies and drama films, the latter of which he sometimes made with the even more (in-)famous Jesús Franco. About this one here, you already read the subject in the title. But it is not really true. Yes we see stewardesses in all kinds of erotic adventures from start to finish, but I felt that the longer the film went the less it focused on stewardesses really and just became boring uninspired Euro trash porn. It is also more of a collection of short films than one film with one plot as each sequence focuses on one or two stewardesses getting laid, for example by their pilots or by possibly everybody else you can imagine. This film here is a perfect example of a European trash soft-core porn film from the 1970s and there are really many of these with Dietrich being one of the most "important" filmmakers of the genre. Story-wise, however, these films have almost nothing to offer and this one here is not the exception to the rule at all. The acting is also pretty bad for the most part. Watch something else instead.

Actually, the title tells all. We follow a group of air hostesses flying to cities all over Europe. And in each city they have another sexual encounter. What else did you expect from a Dietrich film. He was the king of soft core porn in Europe in the 70's and this is a good and boring example of his oeuvre. He bought quite a lot of stock footage of air craft taking off or landing. Then he bought a lot of stock footage depicting the tourist attractions of Rome and Copenhagen for instance. Then he built a bedroom in his studio where his actors could have sex. Tedious, non-explicit sex, of course: this is 1971.

The result is a boring movie not unlike numerous others made in the 70's. There are a few lame jokes, but actually this movie is not funny. There is sex, but with the exception of Ingrid Steeger the actors are not very attractive. There are pictures of cities in Europe, but you probably saw them before or were there yourself.

I rate this dud 2 out of 10 because of Steeger. If you are not a fan of hers, you may feel 1 out of 10 is sufficient and actually it is for most viewers!