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Preludes to Ecstasy (1961) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1961 · 107 mins · Finnish
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- Directed by
- T.J. Särkkä
- Starring
- Esko Salminen, Åke Lindman, Rose-Marie Precht, Severi Seppänen, Irja Rannikko, Arvi Järvinen
Sten picks up hitchhiker Elsie en route to a summer house. She becomes his mistress and dates Reino, the shopkeeper’s son. Sten proposes divorce; Elsie agrees to marry him once final. Reino sneaks into the bedroom, falls from a ladder and breaks his neck; Sten hides the body. Guilt ends the affair and Elsie calls police, leading to Reino’s arrest.
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