Erotikon is a 1920 Swedish romantic comedy film directed by Mauritz Stiller

Mauritz Stiller

Mauritz Stiller was a Finnish-Swedish actor, screenwriter and silent film director, who was mostly active in Sweden.-Life:...

, starring Tora Teje

Tora Teje

Tora Teje was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.-Filmography:* Gubben kommer * Giftas * Damen med kameliorna * 33.333...

, Karin Molander, Anders de Wahl and Lars Hanson

Lars Hanson

Lars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.-Biography:...

. It is based on the 1917 play A kék róka by Ferenc Herczeg

Ferenc Herczeg

Ferenc Herczeg was a Hungarian playwright and author who promoted conservative nationalist opinion in his country. He founded and edited the magazine Új Idők in 1895...

. The story revolves around an entomology

Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...

 professor obsessed with the sexual life of bugs, and his easygoing wife who is courted by two suitors.

Cast

• Anders de Wahl as Leo Charpentier
• Tora Teje
  Tora Teje
  Tora Teje was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939.-Filmography:* Gubben kommer * Giftas * Damen med kameliorna * 33.333...
  
   as Irene
• Karin Molander
  Karin Molander
  Karin Molander was a Swedish stage and film actress whose career spanned over five decades.-Career:Born Katarina Margareta Elisabet Edwertz in Stockholm, Sweden, she began taking classes from theater actress Julia Håkansson at a young age...
  
   as Marthe
• Elin Lagergren as Irene's mother
• Lars Hanson
  Lars Hanson
  Lars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.-Biography:...
  
  as Preben Wells
• Vilhelm Bryde as baron Felix
• Bell Hedqvist as the baron's female friend
• Torsten Hammarén as Sidonius
• Vilhelm Berndtson as Jean

Release

The film premiered in Sweden on 8 November 1920. It became a commercial success and was sold to 45 markets abroad.