
Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)
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.
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Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | fi |
Popularity | 0.354 |
Directed By
T.J. Särkkä
Crew
Kaarlo Wilska
Aarre Koivisto
Harald Koivikko
William Reunanen
Siviä Friskberg
Ellen Pyhälä
Kurt Vilja
Kurt Vilja
T.J. Särkkä
T.J. Särkkä
Elmer Lahti
Einar Englund
Hans Severinsen
T.J. Särkkä
Åke Lindman
Olavi Tuomi
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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
Severi Seppänen
(uncredited)
Tauno Söder
(uncredited)
Irja Rannikko
(uncredited)

Laila Rihte
(uncredited)
William Reunanen
(uncredited)
Arvi Järvinen
(uncredited)
Heimo Karppinen
(uncredited)
Ellen Pyhälä
(uncredited)
Timo Tennosmaa
(uncredited)
Anita Saarikallio
(uncredited)
Varma Lahtinen
(uncredited)
Kaisu Puuska
(voice) (uncredited)