Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)

Preludes to Ecstasy (1961)

1961-12-01 Finland 107 Min. PG-13
4.2 10 votes

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 is Elsi Pettinen
Elsi Pettinen
Esko Salminen is Reino Tuomainen
Reino Tuomainen
Toivo Mäkelä is Sten Lehtoja
Sten Lehtoja
Eero Roine is Tuomainen
Tuomainen
Åke Lindman is Hermansson
Hermansson
Kaarlo Wilska is Kokkonen
Severi Seppänen is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Tauno Söder is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Irja Rannikko is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Laila Rihte is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
William Reunanen is (uncredited)
(uncredited)