It’s likely that even the most ardent movie fan is not familiar with the name Hedwig Kiesler. It’s even probable that a good share of regular moviegoers don’t know the name Hedy Lamarr.

Hedy Lamarr’s early life was the stuff of movies: As a teenage starlet, she became the face of “Ecstasy,” one of the most controversial films of its day.

Going all the way back to Ronald Reagan, the assumption has been that movie stars are vain creatures incapable of cognizant thought. But those folks never met Hedy Lamarr.

In 1931, aged 18, she appeared in notorious Czech film Ecstasy, which features scenes of her running and swimming in the nude, as well as having a close-up orgasm - a movie first.

Hedy Lamarr lived enough life for ten biopics, which is a problem when you’re trying to fit her story into a single instalment. But director Alexandra Dean and her team manage a brisk but ...

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