Hedy Lamarr in Ekstase

1933 Film Still

Czech 1933
Rare vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 11.5 inches (23 x 29,5 cm)
Production stamp FILM-FACTA on the back,
Very fine

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ECSTASY (EKSTASE) 1933
This Czechoslovakian romantic drama by Czech filmmaker Gustav Machaty was once notorious, earth-shattering and scandalous - censored for its two scenes of sexually-frustrated child-bride Eva's (19 year old Hedwig Kiesler, or later known as Hedy Lamarr) nude swim, and naked forest romp to pursue her horse (which has run off with her clothes) and love-making scene with an engineer; it was the first theatrically-released film in which the sex act (sexual intercourse) was depicted, but it was not the first nude scene in a film; it was unusual at its time for depicting female sexual pleasure during orgasm (acted of course).