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Sweet Ecstasy [VHS]

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Just to watch a very young, sexy Elke Sommer with her pouting lips makes Sweet Ecstasy worthwhile. The dramatics of Elke's exploitative character as a swinger on the French Riveria is interesting and charming. For most of the movie, Elke Sommer prances about in a skimpy top and revealing hip-hugger pants that enhances her animalistic sexuality. The real kicker that makes Sweet Ecstasy so sweet, however, is the love scene with Elke on the deck of the yacht. Elke absolutely sizzles in a very hot, very real, and very graphic display of young torrid love. This is a must own video.

Kooky fun - I'm sure considered scandalous and decadent upon first release but now a kooky time capsule glimpse at what was considered shocking and depraved 40+ years ago. It is a much more realistic look at teens on break than the "beach" movies from the US starring Frankie Avalon. Keep in mind this is the EXACT SAME movie as SWEET VIOLENCE. Difference is SWEET ECSTASY is dubbed with a soft, 4:3 and haggard print while SWEET VIOLENCE is subtitled, widescreen and a pristine print. So, most film fanatics will prefer the SWEET VIOLENCE's transfer to DVD even though it's in French.

If this movie was a recipe, I would say, add more Elke. Elke Sommer was arguably the most beautiful German woman ever, the most breathtaking for her time, when there were Sophia Loren, Bridgette Bardot, Inger Stevens, etc. That was heady company. If only the same standards pertained today.

The movie is actually pedestrian. To be blunt, I got it because Elke was in it. The producers 'know the score', as the cover to the DVD features our favorite actress prominently. They know that you buy the disk for a glimpse of her or you don't buy the disk.

If you are an ELke fan, you see her better in the film with Dean Martin--the Matt Helm series.

Sweet Ecstasy is the very same movie as named Sweet Violence.
I wonder how same movie have different name.