Brief Ecstasy

Brief Ecstasy
Brief Ecstasy
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	August 1937;
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.^[1] It was made at Ealing Studios.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Paul Lukas - Professor Paul Bernardy
Hugh Williams - Jim Wyndham
Linden Travers - Helen Norwood Bernardy
Marie Ney - Martha Russell
Renee Gadd - Marjorie
Fred Withers - Gardener
Howard Douglas - Coleman
Fewlass Llewellyn - Director of Steel Company
Peter Gawthorne - Chairman of Steel Company
Norman Pierce - Landlord

Reception[]

Writing for 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[ing] a woman's body - uncompromisingly", and noted that "the film at its finest [...] generalizes", and "there isn't, thank God, any love in it".^[2]

References[]

^ BFI.org
^ Greene, Graham (16 September 1937). "Action for Slander/Brief Ecstacy". . (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0192812866.)

External links[]

Brief Ecstasy at IMDb

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[1] BFI.org

[2] Greene, Graham (16 September 1937). "Action for Slander/Brief Ecstacy". . (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0192812866.)

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