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Ecstasy (Czech: Extase, French: Extase, German: Ekstase) is a 1933 Czech-Austrian romantic drama film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Lamarr (then Hedy Kiesler), Aribert Mog, and Zvonimir Rogoz.
Written by František Horký, Gustav Machatý, Jacques A. Koerpel, and Robert Horký, the film is about a young woman who marries a wealthy but much older man. After abandoning her brief passionless marriage, she meets a young virile engineer who becomes her lover. Ecstasy was filmed in three language versions—German, Czech, and French.
Ecstasy was highly controversial in its time because of scenes in which Lamarr swims in the nude and runs through the countryside naked. It is also perhaps the first non-pornographic movie to portray sexual intercourse and female orgasm, although never showing more than the actors' faces. The film was celebrated as the first motion picture to include a nude scene, rather than the first to show sexual intercourse, for which it has a better claim.
Original Release
01/20/1933
US Release
12/24/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hedy Lamarr | Eva Hermann |
Zvonimir Rogoz | Emile / Emil |
Aribert Mog | Adam |
Leopold Kramer | Eva's Father / Evas Vater |
Emil Jerman | Eva's husband |
Eduard Šlégl | Landarbeiter |
Antonín Kubový | Landarbeiter |
Jan Sviták | Tänzer |
Bedrich Vrbský | Eva's father / Eva's Father (voice) |
Jirina Stepnicková | Eva / Eva (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Robert Horky, Frantisek Horký, Jacques A. Koerpel, Gustav Machatý
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hedy Lamarr | Eva Hermann |
Zvonimir Rogoz | Emile / Emil |
Aribert Mog | Adam |
Leopold Kramer | Eva's Father / Evas Vater |
Emil Jerman | Eva's husband |
Eduard Šlégl | Landarbeiter |
Antonín Kubový | Landarbeiter |
Jan Sviták | Tänzer |
Bedrich Vrbský | Eva's father / Eva's Father (voice) |
Jirina Stepnicková | Eva / Eva (voice) |
Ladislav Bohác | Adam |
Comedian Harmonists | Themselves |
Karel Macha-Kuca | Der Rechtsanwalt / The Lawyer |
Jirina Steimarová | Typist |
Jiri Plachy | Adam (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Otto Sonnenfeld | Executive Producer |
Gustav Machatý | Producer |
Moriz Grunhut | Producer |
Frantisek Horký | Producer |