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| Directed by | Gustav Machatý |
| Produced by | Moriz Grunhut Gustav Machatý Slavia-Film |
| Written by | Frantisek Horký Jacques A. Gustav Machatý ( 9 May, 1901 &ndash 14 December, 1963) was a Czech Film director, Screenwriter and actor Koerpel Gustav Machatý Vítězslav Nezval |
| Starring | Hedy Lamarr Aribert Mog Zvonimir Rogoz Leopold Kramer Jirina Steimarova |
| Cinematography | Hans Androschin Jan Stallich |
| Editing by | Art Jones |
| Distributed by | Albert Deane |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 1940 (USA) |
| Language | French/German |
| IMDb profile | |
Ecstasy (Extáze in Czech, Ekstase in German[1]) is an Austrian-Czech film made in 1933 by the Austro-Czech director Gustav Machatý. Vítězslav Nezval (ˈviːcɛslaf ˈnɛzval ( May 16, 1900, Biskoupky – April 6, 1958, Prague) was one of the most prolific Hedy Lamarr ( November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian born American actress Zvonimir Rogoz ( October 10, 1887 &ndash February 6, 1988) was a Croatian Actor. Jiřina Steimarová (b January 24 1916, Prague, Austria-Hungary - d Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Austrians (Österreicher are a nation and an ethnic group originating from the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states ( March of Austria, Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic Gustav Machatý ( 9 May, 1901 &ndash 14 December, 1963) was a Czech Film director, Screenwriter and actor It stars Hedy Lamarr, credited under her original surname Kiesler, and Zvonimir Rogoz. Hedy Lamarr ( November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian born American actress Zvonimir Rogoz ( October 10, 1887 &ndash February 6, 1988) was a Croatian Actor.
The film was highly controversial in its time largely because of a nude swimming scene. It is also perhaps the first non-pornographic movie to portray sexual intercourse,[2] although never showing more than the actors' faces. It has also been called the first on-screen depiction of a female orgasm. [3]
Plot summary
Emil (Zvonimir Rogoz), a precise, orderly older man, carries his happy new bride Eva (Hedy Lamarr) over the threshold of their home. (In a foreshadowing, he has great difficulty opening the lock on the front door, trying key after key. ) She is greatly disappointed on her wedding night; he doesn't even come to bed. After living in the unconsummated marriage for a while, she can't bear it any longer and runs back to her father (Leopold Kramer), a horse breeder. A divorce is issued.
One day, she takes her horse riding. She goes skinny dipping, leaving her clothes on the animal, only to have it wander off, attracted by another locked in a corral. She chases after it all over the countryside. The horse is finally caught by Adam (Aribert Mog), the virile young foreman or engineer of a road construction gang. Seeing this, she hides in the bushes, where he finds her. At first, she is ashamed of her nudity, but then she glares at him in defiance. He gives her back her clothes. When she tries to leave, she hurts her foot. At first, she resists his efforts to help, then accedes.
That night, she can't stop thinking about him. Finally, she goes to his isolated residence. After some hesitation, they embrace and spend the night together. Her pearl necklace is removed and she forgets to take it with her the next morning.
When she returns home, she finds an unwelcome visitor, her ex-husband, who has been waiting for her all night. He tries to reconcile with her, but she tells him that it is too late. He leaves.
By chance, while driving away, he encounters his rival. Adam guides him through the construction and asks for a ride into town. On the way, he shows the necklace, which Emil recognizes. Emil considers driving into an approaching train at a crossing, but thinks better of it.
That night, he sits alone in a hotel room, while a fly tries futilely to get out through a closed window and several others are shown trapped in flypaper. Flypaper is a Fly-killing device made of Paper coated with an extremely sticky or poisonous substance that traps flies and other flying Insects Downstairs, Adam and Eva are dancing when Emil shoots himself. Adam does not know of the connection between Emil and Eva, and she does not tell him.
The young couple had planned to take the train to Berlin. While waiting for it at the station, Adam falls asleep and a distraught Eva leaves on a different one without him. Adam returns to his work and, while coworkers go about their jobs cheerfully, he sees a woman with a baby and daydreams sadly of Eva with a baby of her own.
References
- ^ Ekstase was the Austrian title; in Germany it was released as Symphonie der Liebe
- ^ "Curiously, Extase is celebrated as the first motion picture containing a nude scene, which it was not, rather than the first to show sexual intercourse, which it was. " Patrick Robertson, Film Facts, New York: Billboard Books, 2001, p. 66.
- ^ Indie Sex: Extremes (2007), an Independent Film Channel documentary. The Independent Film Channel ( IFC) is a cable network that airs independent film and related programming uncut and uncensored 24 hours a day
External links
- Ecstasy at the Internet Movie Database
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