You know you’ve made a controversial movie when the Pope weighs in – and that was certainly the case for 1933’s Ecstasy by Czech director Gustav Machatý. So, what exactly got Pope Pius XI so upset?

The Venice Film Festival has set its pre-opening night event with the screening of Ecstasy, the Gustav Machaty-directed erotic romance drama that caused a scandal on the Lido when it was originally ...

While some critics today had declared Ecstasy an arthouse classic, its nudity and sexual nature were considered scandalous when it was initially released. The Pope denounced the film in the Vatican ...

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