CinemaOSMovie · 1961 · 1h 47m

Preludes to Ecstasy

45%(13)IMDbDramaRomance

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.

Directed byT.J. Särkkä

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 47m
Language
FI
Released
December 1, 1961
Studios
Suomen Filmiteollisuus

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

(uncredited)

Tauno Söder

(uncredited)

Irja Rannikko

(uncredited)

Creative team
Directed by
T.J. Särkkä
T.J. Särkkä
Written by
T.J. Särkkä
T.J. Särkkä
Produced by
T.J. Särkkä
T.J. Särkkä

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