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Russ Meyer takes murder, mayhem, and sexploitation to the Californian countryside in this outrageous mystery.

UP!

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1976 · 01:20:00 · R · Comedy / Mystery / Thriller · IMDB TMDB

A bizarre murder mystery involving the death of former Nazi Adolf Schwartz, a caricature of Adolf Hitler, who was living in hiding in a Bavarian style castle in Northern California.

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Up! is a 1976 American comedy, mystery, and thriller film directed by Russ Meyer about the bizarre murder of Adolf Schwartz, a Hitler caricature in hiding, in a Bavarian-style castle in Northern California.

The SassyFlix Take

Russ Meyer dials up the camp with a plot featuring Hitler in hiding, a castle full of oddballs, and murder by piranha. If you like your mysteries laced with outrageous sexploitation and a wink at genre conventions, Up! delivers exactly what it promises, with Meyer’s signature blend of voluptuous anti-heroines and gleeful excess.
From the Vault

Sex, satire, and piranhas—just another day in Russ Meyer’s California.

Why Cult

Hitler in Hiding

The film’s murder victim is none other than Adolf Schwartz—a caricature of Adolf Hitler hiding out in northern California.

Piranha Murder

A ravenous piranha fish becomes an unlikely weapon in one of the film’s most notorious death scenes.

Meyer Sexploitation

Russ Meyer brings his signature salacious style, loaded with voluptuous women and over-the-top erotic encounters.

Bavarian Castle in California

The action unfolds in a Bavarian-style castle transplanted to the wilds of northern California—a setting as strange as the story itself.

Synopsis

A man named Adolf Schwartz, Adolf Hitler in hiding, is living in a Bavarian-style castle in northern California. After an orgy in the dungeon with three women (The Headsperson, The Ethiopian Chef, Limehouse) and a man (Paul) he is murdered when someone places a ravenous piranha fish in his bathtub.

A voluptuous woman named Margo Winchester appears later in the nearby town Miranda and is spotted by local Sheriff Homer Johnson. He tries to make advances but Margo rejects flirtatiously (at this point). After that she is picked up by Leonard Box, a known troublemaker and son of a sawmill owner. An argument breaks out with the result that Leonard subdues and rapes the unconscious Margo, after that she accidentally kills him. This is witnessed by Homer, but he covers up the incident because Box's loaded father would put Margo in jail forever and of course he is horny for the busty beauty. So Margo and Homer wind up sleeping together, starting some kind of relationship, but a mutually unfaithful one as it can be seen later.

Homer helps Margo get a job at the local diner, Alice's. It is owned by Alice who is married to Paul, who was sexually servicing Schwartz. Alice also likes women, depicted earlier in the movie. Paul is similarly unfaithful, he was interested in Limehouse and after Margo finishes work and goes for a swim at the Salmon Creek, he comes after her. While Margo undresses besides the stream Paul does the same before approaching her and they have sex. Homer, who had stopped a woman earlier for a traffic violation and let her go after a blowjob, is in bed with an Native American woman named Pocohontas and shoves her out of the house when he hears Margo's van approaching, after she and Paul finished their date. Still nude she enters the house, seemingly ready for a second round with Homer who's under the shower to clean himself up. Scalding himself with hot water by accident. Margo comments on his red penis that he must have made it with an Indian!

Kitten Natividad plays the "Greek Chorus", who appears nude between scenes throughout the film to provide narration, plot details, and updates.

Margo performs a strip show at a bar which triggers the reaction of the lumberjack Rafe who rapes her. The other guests join in and flee when Homer arrives, both men end up killing each other!

It is revealed that Alice committed the murder because she was jealous about Schwartz, who was also her father, sleeping with her husband, and that Margo is an undercover cop to investigate the crime.
Details & Specs
Director
Russ Meyer
Writers
Russ Meyer, Anthony-James Ryan, Roger Ebert
Release
1976
Runtime
1h 20m
Country
United States of America
Language
English, German
Also Known As
Russ Meyer's Up!, Drüber, drunter und drauf, Up!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Up! about? +

Up! is a 1976 comedy, mystery, and thriller directed by Russ Meyer in which Adolf Schwartz, a caricature of Hitler, is murdered in a bizarre plot set in northern California.

When was Up! released? +

Up! was released in 1976.

Who directed Up!? +

Up! was directed by Russ Meyer.

How long is Up!? +

Up! has a runtime of 80 minutes.

What genre is Up!? +

Up! is a comedy, mystery, and thriller.

Where can I watch Up!? +

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