Preludes to Ecstasy

Preludes to Ecstasy — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 1, 1961
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• T.J. Särkkä

Preludes to Ecstasy — 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

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Severi Seppänen (uncredited)