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Preludes to Ecstasy

12/01/1961

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1hr 47min

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Drama

,Romance

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Liana Kaarina
  • Esko Salminen
  • Toivo Mäkelä
  • Eero Roine
  • Rose-Marie Precht

    Directors

  • Ellen Pyhälä
  • T.J. Särkkä

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Suomen Filmiteollisuus

    Production Countries

  • Finland

LANGUAGES

  • Finnish

Cast

Liana Kaarina

Elsi Pettinen

Esko Salminen

Reino Tuomainen

Toivo Mäkelä

Sten Lehtoja

Eero Roine

Tuomainen

Rose-Marie Precht

Maija

Åke Lindman

Hermansson

Kaarlo Wilska

Kokkonen

Severi Seppänen

(uncredited)

Tauno Söder

(uncredited)

Irja Rannikko

(uncredited)

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