Preludes to Ecstasy

Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)


  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1961-12-01
  • User Rating: 4.2/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: suomi
  • Production Company: Suomen Filmiteollisuus
  • Production Country: Finland
  • Director: T.J. Särkkä
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Summary

Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son of a local storekeeper. Sten offers to divorce his wife, and Elsie, attracted by the prospect of a secure social position, agrees to marry him when the divorce becomes final. One night when the couple are in bed, Reino climbs a ladder and attempts to force his way into their room; he falls and breaks his neck, and to avoid scandal Sten hides the body. But the strain of guilt ruins the romance, and Elsie contacts the police, who arrest her lover.

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  • Liana Kaarina

    as Elsi Pettinen
  • Esko Salminen

    as Reino Tuomainen
  • Toivo Mäkelä

    as Sten Lehtoja
  • Eero Roine

    as Tuomainen
  • Rose-Marie Precht

    as Maija
  • Åke Lindman

    as Hermansson
  • Kaarlo Wilska

    as Kokkonen
  • Severi Seppänen

    as (uncredited)
  • Tauno Söder

    as (uncredited)
  • Irja Rannikko

    as (uncredited)
  • Laila Rihte

    as (uncredited)
  • William Reunanen

    as (uncredited)
  • Arvi Järvinen

    as (uncredited)
  • Heimo Karppinen

    as (uncredited)
  • Ellen Pyhälä

    as (uncredited)
  • Timo Tennosmaa

    as (uncredited)
  • Anita Saarikallio

    as (uncredited)
  • Varma Lahtinen

    as (uncredited)
  • Kaisu Puuska

    as (voice) (uncredited)
Production Kaarlo Wilska Location Manager
Art Aarre Koivisto Production Design
Sound Harald Koivikko Sound Assistant
Costume & Make-Up William Reunanen Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Siviä Friskberg Hairstylist
Directing Ellen Pyhälä Script Supervisor
Sound Kurt Vilja Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Kurt Vilja Production Sound Mixer
Production T.J. Särkkä Producer
Directing T.J. Särkkä Director
Editing Elmer Lahti Editor
Sound Einar Englund Original Music Composer
Writing Hans Severinsen Novel
Writing T.J. Särkkä Screenplay
Directing Åke Lindman Assistant Director
Camera Olavi Tuomi Director of Photography

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