Ecstasy
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.
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| Written by | Jacques A. Koerpel
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| Story by | Robert Horký
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| Edited by | Antonín Zelenka
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| Distributed by | Slaviafilm (CS)
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| Running time | 89 minutes
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| Country | Czechoslovakia
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| Box office | $1.5 million (US rentals)
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- Pope Pius XII publicly denounced the film.
- This film was banned from importation into the United States by the Department of the Treasury in January 1935.
- The song in the outdoor café is performed by the famous Comedian Harmonists.
- The erotic close-ups of Hedy Lamarr`s face in the throes of passion were aided, she says, by the director unexpectedly jabbing her in the derriere with a pin in order to get the desired expressions on her face.
- First non-pornographic movie with a (faked) sex-scene.
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