Miljonäärimonni (1953)

Director:

Roland af Hällström

Writer:

Kaarlo Nuorvala (writer)

Release Date:

3 July 1953 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Army

Cast

Sakari Halonen
Heikki Heino	...	Captain Mänty
Mauri Jaakkola
Eero Leväluoma
Lasse Pöysti	...	Vihuri
Elvi Saarnio	...	Miina
Heikki Savolainen	...	Mönkkö
Veikko Sorsakivi
Airi Uitto
Reino Valkama	...	General Peltomies
Toini Vartiainen	...	Toini
Pentti Viljanen	...	Sergeant Kulkunen
Kauko Vuorensola

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Black and White

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Tuusula, Finland

Company:

Fennada-Filmi

Movie Connections:

Follows Kaikkien naisten monni (1952)

Average military farce

Finnish military farces were never too well-made, and this is no exception. Undoubtedly it is also usually very enjoyable director Roland af Hälltröm's worst effort, an absolute routine comedy. Farce is built around a millionaire recruit who tries to get away of every unpleasant task by hiring some other conscript to do it for him. Not counting the title character Lasse Pöysti - the basic naive character of our national cinema - the actors are either bad or misused. Especially the end is a huge disappointment: as soon as there has some kind of tension developed between the characters the whole story is rushed within few minutes into a happy conclusion.