Gunhild holds out for marriage. With the aid of her brother she forces Karl to agree to a wedding date. But at the last moment he packs up his piano and flees to Oslo. Fresh from the unfortunate consequences of his affairs, Karl decides to devote himself to his school work and his music. But beautiful young women keep interfering with his studies.

First there is Molly, who finds no pleasure in making love. Karl seduces her as a challenge, but abandons her for more enthusiastic partners. Constance is a virgin, but eager, and Wilhelmine is an uninhibited young lady who enjoys making love outside in the apple trees. Karl manages to find space for both in his crowded schedule. His friends warn him that he cannot burn the candle at both ends and the middle too. But Karl can find no focus for his life.

Then he meets Embla. She is a beautiful, self-possessed, independent woman. Karl ends all his other affairs to devote himself to her. But she is a difficult conquest.

Finally, after a summer in Paris and a successful concert debut, he is able to secure her love-in exchange for an offer of marriage.


About the film

Denmark's famous woman director, Annelise Meineche, whose sensational film "Seventeen," took London by storm, has made another daringly explicit film with "THE Amorous Headmaster," in which her former stars, Ole Soltoft and Ghita Norby, again feature.

The film is based on two of the world's best sellers, "Lasso Around The Moon" and "The Song Of The Red Ruby" by the famous Norwegian novelist, Agnar Mykle: books which created a furor when first published and which, in some countries-including Denmark-were damned and banned because of their outrageous frankness. Although the film contains many frank and bold love scenes, these are acted with such complete unselfconsciousness that they never offend, for Annelise Meineche tells the story of "THE Amorous Headmaster" with great skill and with humour.