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Ecstasy

Original title: Ekstase
  • 1933
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.6K
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Hedy Lamarr in Ecstasy (1933)
Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman. She leaves him and one day, she meets a young man and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
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Eva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has take... Read allEva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.Eva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.

  • Director
    • Gustav Machatý
  • Writers
    • Robert Horky
    • Frantisek Horký
    • Jacques A. Koerpel
  • Stars
    • Hedy Lamarr
    • Zvonimir Rogoz
    • Aribert Mog
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2.6K
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    • Director
      • Gustav Machatý
    • Writers
      • Robert Horky
      • Frantisek Horký
      • Jacques A. Koerpel
    • Stars
      • Hedy Lamarr
      • Zvonimir Rogoz
      • Aribert Mog
    • 45User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr
    • Eva Hermann
    • (as Hedy Kiesler)
    Zvonimir Rogoz
    Zvonimir Rogoz
    • Emil
    Aribert Mog
    Aribert Mog
    • Adam
    Leopold Kramer
    • Evas Vater
    Emil Jerman
    • Eva's husband
    • (voice)
    Eduard Slégl
    • Landarbeiter
    Antonín Kubový
    • Landarbeiter
    • (as Antonin Kibový)
    Jan Sviták
    Jan Sviták
    • Tänzer
    Bedrich Vrbský
    Bedrich Vrbský
    • Eva's father
    • (voice)
    Jirina Stepnicková
    Jirina Stepnicková
    • Eva
    • (voice)
    Ladislav Bohác
    Ladislav Bohác
    • Adam
    • (uncredited)
    Comedian Harmonists
    Comedian Harmonists
    • Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Karel Macha-Kuca
    • Der Rechtsanwalt
    • (uncredited)
    Jirina Steimarová
    • Typist
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gustav Machatý
    • Writers
      • Robert Horky
      • Frantisek Horký
      • Jacques A. Koerpel
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    • Trivia
      First non-pornographic film to depict a woman having an orgasm.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the film when Emil is in the bedroom, a closeup of the photo on the bedside table is shown to have writing on it. On the second closeup, when Emil is carefully rearranging his keys and other items, there is no writing.
    • Alternate versions
      To get the film around the more conservative German censors, an alternate version of Lamarr's nude bathing scenes was shot in which she was partially obscured by strategically-placed bushes.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

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    Prototypical romanticism
    This is romanticism in the original 18th and 19th century sense of exalting human emotion and imagination, depicting the nature of sex and human relations in terms of powerful, elemental forces mirrored and symbolized in nature. It's prototypical also of European art cinema, which I've always had a weakness for. A romance, yes, but not in the sense of some smarmy "relationship" flick. All that aside, it's just strikingly beautiful, and a real treat for people who relish earlier styles of film-making. On reading some brief blurbs about the new DVD edition before getting it, I kind of got the impression that it was some cheap "shocker" in the manner of "Sex Madness" or "Reefer Madness," which couldn't be further from the truth.

    As has been remarked, it's practically a silent film with a continuous musical score. Released very early in the 1930s, I have to wonder if it wasn't originally conceived and largely shot as a silent, and retrofitted for sound. Spoken lines are never more than a brief sentence or two, and most often just one or two words. This is at a time when American films were thick with dialog, taking full advantage of the new sound technology. I think much of the communicative power of cinematography was shoved aside or forgotten with the advent of sound. Had this picture been done in the United States at that time, quite apart from the demands of the sensors, a continuous patter of verbal exposition and just plain yammering would have been insisted-on by those financing it. Thankfully, it wasn't, and we still have this almost-forgotten gem to show for it.

    The direction and cinematography isn't really revolutionary for its time, as it uses techniques, camera tricks, editing and points-of-view that had already been invented by earlier pioneers of silent film, but their presence still makes it stand strikingly apart from the vast majority of mainstream films of the era. There is visual sexual symbolism obvious enough to raise a giggle or two from some modern viewers (Eva pensively toys with her ring while lying on the bed on her wedding night, one drooping flower drips into another receptively open flower after a violent rainstorm). It's hardly out of place, as sex is at the very center of the film.

    The musical score is extremely specific to the action, and is highly lyrical. It may strike some modern viewers as a bit too cloyingly sweet, but I find it appropriate to the style and powerfully effective for getting you into the spirit of the piece. It helps evoke the wide range of mood in the film, which at the very start almost looks like a whimsical romantic comedy. The mood darkens considerably as it moves on.

    A story is told powerfully and with great visual artistry, without any superfluous exposition or jabber. For me, it's the essence of cinema. It was a big surprise for me, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to finally see it.
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    • Bobs-9
    • Jun 24, 2002

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    • Release date
      • April 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Languages
      • Czech
      • German
    • Also known as
      • My Ecstasy
    • Filming locations
      • Atelier Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
    • Production company
      • Elektafilm
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.19 : 1

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