Originally titled Nudismo Não É Pecado (Nudism Is Not A Sin), the 1961 Brazilian teaser Sun Lovers Holiday was directed by Ukranian cinematographer Konstantin Tkaczenko, a former soldier for the USSR who relocated to Rio de Janeiro in 1947 to escape political persecution. It featured beefy actor Mário Benvenutti, who later appeared in Ozualdo Ibeiro Candeias' experimental The Margin (1969). Also appearing were Irene de Luca and singly-named Siomara, both of whom would later star in Tkaczenko's 1962 nudie cutie Isto é Streap-Tease. The U.S. version was narrated by Fred Maness, the voice of Universal Newsreels, while Robert Savini's Astor Pictures handled distribution. Tkaczenko served as cinematographer for Richard She Demons Cunha's 1960 detective tale Girl In Room 13, which was set in Brazil and also featured Benvenutti.
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