A film (1) comprises a base (2) consisting of an electrically insulating polymer which carries on one or both surfaces a sequence of electrically conductively coated areas (3) which are separated by non-coated interstices (4). The film or a superposition of films arranged one above the other can be shaped, i.e., folded or preferably wound to form a capacitor with a plurality of essentially parallel electrodes which are insulated from each other and consist each of one or more electrode layers formed by the coated areas (3) and separated by dielectric layers formed by sections of the base (2). An electrode layer may comprise two adjacent coated areas pertaining to subsequent turns. The capacitor has high voltage withstand capacity and can be used, e.g., as a high voltage capacitor in a capacitive voltage transformer in series with a conventional low voltage transformer wound from two superposed conductively coated films.