The revival of Ecstasy in the uncensored version, seen here for the first time. This landmark in the history of the erotic film explores the inner world of a young woman who is married to a sexually repressed man, and who takes a young, virile lover in the countryside. The appearance of Hedy Lamarr, then Hedy Kiesler, in the nude set off a censorship scandal that even involved the Vatican, but the film is of course fascinating for many reasons apart from that. Jan Stallich's cinematography, which defined the school of Czech lyricism, enhances Machaty's sense of timing, in long, pensive shots; of movement, as in the famous tracking shot through the forest; of images disposed to psychoanalytic interpretation and symbolism; of feeling, from longing to bliss, in sustained close-up. The story unfolds with almost no dialogue, but a creative use of off-screen sound. This is a visual celebration of sexuality, linking the young woman and her desires with the nature that surrounds her in the forest scenes. Hedy Lamarr later became an obsession for the Surrealists: "...the enchanted wanderer, who again speaks the poetic and evocative language of the silent film" (Joseph Cornell, 1941).