Discovered by Max Reinhardt, Hedy Kiesler appeared in Austro-German films beginning in 1930 before creating a worldwide sensation with a 10-minute sequence in Gustav Machaty's 1933 Czech film "Extase/Ecstasy" that featured the alluring actress completely nude. Shortly after, she married Austrian munitions magnate Fritz Mandl who attempted to buy up all existing prints of the film,…
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