Preludes to Ecstasy

Preludes to Ecstasy

1961
1h 47m
4.0

4.0/10

12 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Romance
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Keywords

based on novel or book remake

Quick Facts

Original Title Kuu on vaarallinen
Release Date December 1, 1961
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0055064

Cast

Liana Kaarina
Liana Kaarina

Elsi Pettinen

Esko Salminen
Esko Salminen

Reino Tuomainen

Toivo Mäkelä
Toivo Mäkelä

Sten Lehtoja

Eero Roine
Eero Roine

Tuomainen

Rose-Marie Precht
Rose-Marie Precht

Maija

Åke Lindman
Åke Lindman

Hermansson

Kaarlo Wilska
Kaarlo Wilska

Kokkonen

Severi Seppänen
Severi Seppänen

(uncredited)

Tauno Söder
Tauno Söder

(uncredited)

Irja Rannikko
Irja Rannikko

(uncredited)

Laila Rihte
Laila Rihte

(uncredited)

William Reunanen
William Reunanen

(uncredited)

Key Crew

T.J. Särkkä
Director
T.J. Särkkä
Producer
T.J. Särkkä
Screenplay