Six Swedish Girls at a Pump

"When Performance Counts... You Need High Test Girls. Their Body Work's the Best!"

1980 1h 25m DE

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 32

Comedy

Synopsis

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A gas station becomes the center of social life in the village after six Swedish girls start working there.

“When Performance Counts... You Need High Test Girls. Their Body Work's the Best!”

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Cast

Brigitte Lahaie
Greta
Nadine Pascal
Inga
France Lomay
Kerstin
Jane Baker
Marie, the mayor's wife
Flore Sollier
Lil
Élodie Delage
Astrid
Elsa Maroussia
Selma
Eric Falk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Erwin C. Dietrich
Writers: Erwin C. Dietrich
Languages: German, Italian
Countries: Switzerland

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Italian.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Six Swedes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Erwin C. Dietrich, shot by Peter Baumgartner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Walter Baumgartner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Marie-Luise Buschke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Erwin C. Dietrich directs. Peter Baumgartner behind the camera. Walter Baumgartner scores. Marie-Luise Buschke cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Switzerland. Dialogue in German, Italian.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Italian.
4Part of the "Six Swedes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Erwin C. Dietrich, shot by Peter Baumgartner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Walter Baumgartner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Marie-Luise Buschke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Brigitte Lahaie and Nadine Pascal and France Lomay carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "When Performance Counts... You Need High Test Girls. Their Body Work's the Best!".
11IMDB entry: tt0081471 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
13Released under 13 different titles around the world.