Brief Ecstasy

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	17 August 1937 (1937-08-17)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Brief Ecstasy (also known as Dangerous Secrets) 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.

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[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".

External links

• Brief Ecstasy at IMDb