Preludes to Ecstasy backdrop
Preludes to Ecstasy poster
Trailer
Preludes to Ecstasy
4.2
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1h 47m
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1961
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Released
Overview
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
Liana Kaarina poster
Liana Kaarina
Elsi Pettinen
Esko Salminen poster
Esko Salminen
Reino Tuomainen
Toivo Mäkelä poster
Toivo Mäkelä
Sten Lehtoja
Eero Roine poster
Eero Roine
Tuomainen
Rose-Marie Precht poster
Rose-Marie Precht
Maija
Åke Lindman poster
Åke Lindman
Hermansson
Kaarlo Wilska poster
Kaarlo Wilska
Kokkonen
Severi Seppänen poster
Severi Seppänen
(uncredited)
Tauno Söder poster
Tauno Söder
(uncredited)
Irja Rannikko poster
Irja Rannikko
(uncredited)
Laila Rihte poster
Laila Rihte
(uncredited)
William Reunanen poster
William Reunanen
(uncredited)
Arvi Järvinen poster
Arvi Järvinen
(uncredited)
Heimo Karppinen poster
Heimo Karppinen
(uncredited)
Ellen Pyhälä poster
Ellen Pyhälä
(uncredited)
Timo Tennosmaa poster
Timo Tennosmaa
(uncredited)
Anita Saarikallio poster
Anita Saarikallio
(uncredited)
Varma Lahtinen poster
Varma Lahtinen
(uncredited)
Kaisu Puuska poster
Kaisu Puuska
(voice) (uncredited)

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