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Preludes to Ecstasy

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Calorie Rating: 150
Released: 1961-12-01
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Studios: Suomen Filmiteollisuus,


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.

Director / Directors

Åke Lindman
Assistant Director
Ellen Pyhälä
Script Supervisor



Cast

Liana Kaarina
Character: Elsi Pettinen
Esko Salminen
Character: Reino Tuomainen
Toivo Mäkelä
Character: Sten Lehtoja

Eero Roine
Character: Tuomainen
Rose-Marie Precht
Character: Maija
Åke Lindman
Character: Hermansson

Kaarlo Wilska
Character: Kokkonen
Severi Seppänen
Character: (uncredited)
Tauno Söder
Character: (uncredited)

Irja Rannikko
Character: (uncredited)
Laila Rihte
Character: (uncredited)
William Reunanen
Character: (uncredited)

Arvi Järvinen
Character: (uncredited)
Heimo Karppinen
Character: (uncredited)
Ellen Pyhälä
Character: (uncredited)

Timo Tennosmaa
Character: (uncredited)
Anita Saarikallio
Character: (uncredited)
Varma Lahtinen
Character: (uncredited)

Kaisu Puuska
Character: (voice) (uncredited)


Production and Crew

T.J. Särkkä
Screenplay

Einar Englund
Original Music Composer
Olavi Tuomi
Director of Photography

Aarre Koivisto
Production Design
William Reunanen
Makeup Artist
Kaarlo Wilska
Location Manager

Harald Koivikko
Sound Assistant
Kurt Vilja
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kurt Vilja
Production Sound Mixer