europe received quite shock luis bunuels lage dor released causing riot paris screened thereresulting banned something like forty years three years laterin when europe gotten shockit turned ear ekstasea symphony of sortsto love film starred youngunknown german actress named hedwig kieslerwho would later change name hedy lamarrwhen moved america escape madness adolf hitleras evaa young bride married colddistant loveless husband played emil jermanonly discover made major mistake one divorce latereva footloose  fancy free  one day skinny dipping lakewhen discovers adama handsomeyoung engineer played aribert mogwho takes real fancy and shehim wild night passionevas exhusband turns againhoping win eva backonly find rival spoil transpires czech director gustav machaty who directed original screen version madam xanother parable romantic obsession directs screenplay jacques koerpelfrantisek horky  machatyfrom novel robert horky films velvety cinematography which reminded avant garde photographerman rays photos erawhich goes impressionistic use light  shadowa lotis hans androschin  jan stallich films brisk editing antonin zelenka  films art direction goes lushnearly art deco lookis bohumil hes quirk film music scoreby giuseppe beccewhich goes topmelodramatic feel gets old fast certain themes repeated  againwearing welcomefastkind like david leans use certain musical themesespecially lawrence arabiaand drzhivago years backa brand new restored print made best source materialcobbled together various european existing prints availablerestoring quite possibly closest version originally looked like vatican condemned decadent yeahrightlike church never anything wrongand hayes office cut ribbonswhen finally released usa in hayes office approved cut likewise minimal dialog german english subtitles it meant mainly visual experience ratedbut contains infamous nude skinny dipping scene hedy lamarr done tastefullymind you  suggestions sexual content likewisethat would scarcely earn pg ratingnowadays worth look interest early european cinemaor avant gardeexperimental cinema