Ecstasy (1933), Ecstasy (1933), DVD

This landmark and controversial Czech drama made teenage Hedy Lamarr a global sensation, thanks to her famous nude swim scene. Lamarr (billed as Hedy Kiesler, her birth name) plays a free-willed child bride who flees from a loveless marriage to an older man and then has an affair with a young engineer of a construction crew. But will tragedy keep the new lovers apart? Co-stars Zvonimir Rogoz, Aribert Mog, Leopold Kramer. 87 min. Standard; Soundtrack: German; Subtitles: English. In German with English subtitles. English subtitles.