Ecstasy

Director: Gustav Machaty, Gustav Machat?

Overview

Czechoslovakian director Gutav Machaty's experimental romantic idyll, replete with soggy symbolism, was a cause celebre upon its release in 1932 due to a lyrical -- and nude-- midnight swim by a young Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr plays Eva, a child bride whose husband shows a singular lack of interest in physical intimacy on their wedding night. Frustrated and searching for a quick roll in the hay to alleviate her sexual tension, Eva offers herself to a roadway engineer. Taking off her clothes, she engages in a leisurely swim. But when a horse bolts with her duds, she gives chase, running smack into the engineer, who calmly hands her clothes to her. The two plan to run away together, but when her husband commits suicide in despair, she decides not to leave. Some time afterward, Eva is seen with a happy and contented look upon her face, the result of her secret liaison being the little baby in her arms.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/13/2015
UPC:	0644827105427
Original Release:	0000
Language:	English
Sales rank:	11,621

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Hedy Lamarr	Eva
Aribert Mog	Adam
Jaromir Rogoz	Actor,Emile
Leopold Kramer	Eva's Father
Jirina Stepnickov?	Actor
Andr? Nox	Le Pere
Pierre Nay	L'Amant
Giuseppe Becce	Composer

Technical Credits

Gustav Machat?

Gustav Machaty

Moriz Grunhut	Producer
Frantisek Horky	Producer
Gustav Machat?	Screenwriter
Gustav Machaty	Screenwriter