It stinks! It reeks! Did I mention it stinks?

Unbelievably cheap, stupid farce about two aspiring actresses, who switch bodies thanks to a small jade elephant with magical powers. Chaos ensues. Filmed in Denmark, mostly on the same, barren set, with grating performances by its two female leads. Danish comedians Dirch Passer and Ove Sprogøe appear briefly in embarrassingly unfunny scenes and the whole thing drags along despite its short running time. Written by Sidney W. Pink, who was in charge of another Danish disaster you may have heard of: Reptilicus. Director Guldbrandsen had his name removed from the credits, which will give those familiar with his other work a pretty good idea of how bad THIS film is! A strong contender for #1 worst Danish movie ever.

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