Ecstasy (film)

Ecstasy (Czech: Extase; French: Extase; German: Ekstase) is a 1933 Czech erotic romantic drama film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Lamarr (then Hedy Kiesler), Aribert Mog, and Zvonimir Rogoz. Machatý won the award for Best Director for this film at the 1934 Venice Film Festival.

This article is about the 1933 film. For the 2011 film, see Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy. For the 1984 film, see Britt Ekland.
Ecstasy
French theatrical release poster
Directed byGustav Machatý
Written byJacques A. Koerpel
Screenplay by
  • František Horký
  • Gustav Machatý
Story byRobert Horký
Produced by
  • Moriz Grunhut
  • Gustav Machatý
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAntonín Zelenka
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Production
companies
Elektafilm
Gustav Machatý Productions
Kouzlo Films
Distributed bySlaviafilm (CS)
Eureka Productions (US)
Release date
  • 20 January 1933 (1933-01-20) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
Languages
  • Czech
  • German
  • French
Box office$1.5 million (US rentals)

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. It is perhaps the first non-pornographic movie to portray sexual intercourse and female orgasm, although never showing more than the actors' faces.

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