Preludes to Ecstasy

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Liana Kaarina

Elsi Pettinen

Age : 87 | Popularity : 21%

Esko Salminen

Reino Tuomainen

Age : 84 | Popularity : 18%

Toivo Mäkelä

Sten Lehtoja

Age : 69 | Popularity : 6%

Eero Roine

Tuomainen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Rose-Marie Precht

Maija

Age : 62 | Popularity : 16%

Åke Lindman

Hermansson

Age : 81 | Popularity : 12%

Kaarlo Wilska

Kokkonen

Age : 71 | Popularity : 19%

Severi Seppänen

(uncredited)

Age : 64 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	T.J. Särkkä
	Assistant Director	Åke Lindman
	Script Supervisor	Ellen Pyhälä
Production	Producer	T.J. Särkkä
	Location Manager	Kaarlo Wilska
Camera	Director of Photography	Olavi Tuomi
Editing	Editor	Elmer Lahti
Writing	Novel	Hans Severinsen
	Screenplay	T.J. Särkkä
Sound	Original Music Composer	Einar Englund
	Sound Assistant	Harald Koivikko
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Kurt Vilja
	Production Sound Mixer	Kurt Vilja
Art	Production Design	Aarre Koivisto
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	William Reunanen
	Hairstylist	Siviä Friskberg
Department	Role	Name

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