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Ski Fever
Ski Fever
Directed by	Curt Siodmak
Written by	Curt Siodmak; Robert Joseph
Produced by	Wolfgang Schmidt; Mark Cooper
Starring	Martin Milner
Production; companies	Gaumont International; Hollywood; Parnass
Distributed by	Allied Artists (USA)
Release dates	1966 (Europe); 1968 (U.S.);
Running time	97 mins
Countries	West Germany; Austra
Language	English

Ski Fever (Liebesspiele im Schnee ) is a 1966 German-American musical film directed by Curt Siodmak. It is sometimes considered the last of the beach party cycle. ^[2] The film was shot in Europe.^[3] The movie was the last theatrical feature Siodmak directed.^[4]

Siodmak later discussed the film:

[It] was about girls in ski resorts who have lost all morals and about some ski instructors who fool around with them. Anyhow, when I came back from working on it, the sex wave had started in America. You could see all those naked dames and couples in bed, of which I could only talk, but never show. The picture was outdated the day it was released. The permissiveness of the audience had turned 180 degrees.^[5]

Plot

At an Austrian ski resort, various instructors have a competition who can seduce the most women. Matters are complicated by the arrival of an American ski instructor, Brian, and an American girl, Susan.

Cast

Claudia Martin as Susan Halsey
Martin Milner as Brian Davis
Toni Sailer as Franz Gruber
Vivi Bach as Karen Sloan
Toni Brandt as Dietmar

Reception

Variety wrote "On the assumption that the people who go to see Ski Fever will pay the kind of intermittant attention to the film that is usually associated only with tv, pic may play off by boring only a minimal number of people. Expecting stronger response seems beyond the ability of this carelessly made attempt to reach the teen market."^[6]

Filmink wrote "There’s some flirting, songs (sung in a German accent), a lot of skiing."^[7]

References

^ "Movie Guide". The Herald. 8 January 1969. p. 11.
^ "Ski Fever set to open at the chief". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. 1 February 1969. p. 34.
^ "Ski Fever now showing at the chief". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. 8 February 1969. p. 8C.
^ "Curt Siodmak". The Guardian. 11 September 2000. p. 22.
^ Fischer, Dennis (1997). "Curt Siodmak: The Idea Man". Backstory 2 Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. University of California Press. p. 269.
^ "Ski Fever". Variety Film Reviews 1968-1970. 30 April 1969. p. 264.
^ Vagg, Stephen (20 October 2024). "Beach Party Movies Part 4: End of Summer". Filmink. Retrieved 22 October 2024.