Ecstasy

Story

Synopsis

Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn't have much room for passion. She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her father's house. One day while bathing in the lake, she meets a young man and they fall in love. The husband has become grief stricken at the loss of his young bride, and fate brings him together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.

Director

Gustav Machatý

Writers

Gustav Machatý, František Halas, František Horký

Language

Czech

Country

Czechoslovakia

Release date

20 January 1933

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Hedy Lamarr

  Eva Hermann

• 

  Zvonimir Rogoz

  Emil

• Aribert Mog

  Adam

• 

  Leopold Kramer

  Evas Vater

• Emily Jerman

  Evas Ehemann (voice)

• 

  Eduard Šlégl

  Landarbeiter

• Antonín Kubový

  Landarbeiter

• 

  Jan Sviták

  Tänzer

• 

  Bedřich Vrbský

  Evas Vater (voice)

• 

  Jiřina Štěpničková

  Eva (voice)

• 

  Ladislav Boháč

  Adam (uncredited)

• Comedian Harmonists

  Themselves (uncredited)