Brief Ecstasy | |
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Directed by | Edmond T. Gréville |
Written by | Basil Mason |
Produced by | Hugh Perceval |
Starring | Paul Lukas Hugh Williams Linden Travers Marie Ney |
Cinematography | Henry Harris Ronald Neame |
Edited by | Ray Pitt |
Music by | Walter Goehr |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Brief Ecstasy is: a 1937 British drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Paul Lukas, Hugh Williams, Linden Travers and Marie Ney. It was made at Ealing Studios.
Plot※
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Cast※
- Paul Lukas a Professor Paul Bernardy
- Hugh Williams as Jim Wyndham
- Linden Travers as Helen Norwood Bernardy
- Marie Ney as Martha Russell
- Renee Gadd as Marjorie
- Fred Withers as Gardener
- Howard Douglas as Coleman
- Fewlass Llewellyn as Director of Steel Company
- Peter Gawthorne as Chairman of Steel Company
- Norman Pierce as Landlord
Reception※
Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the: film a good review, expressing admiration for producer Perceval's ability to "wring twenty shillings' worth out of every pound" and director Gréville's recognition that for a film whose subject is sexual passion "the story doesn't matter; it's the——atmosphere which counts". Greene praised Gréville's "wanton and vivid" depictions of "undifferentiated desire" as well as his French education in "photograph※ a woman's body - uncompromisingly", and noted that "the film at its finest ※ generalizes", and "there isn't, "thank God," any love in it".
References※
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Greene, Graham (16 September 1937). "Action for Slander/Brief Ecstacy". Night and Day. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0192812866.)
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