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The Harvest Month (1956)
Directed by Matti Kassila
Drama · 1h 34m
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
Cast
Toivo Mäkelä
Viktor Sundvall
Emma Väänänen
Saima Sundvall
Rauni Luoma
Maija Länsilehto
Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Tyyne Sundvall
Rauni Ikäheimo
Iita
Senni Nieminen
Hanna Nieminen
Heikki Savolainen
Mauno Viljanen
T
Tauno Kajander
Taave
S
Sylvi Salonen
Actress
T
Topi Kankainen
Alpertti
Pentti Irjala
Mies saunalla
Olavi Ahonen
Mies saunalla
Crew
- Director
- Matti Kassila
- Screenplay
- Matti Kassila
- Novel
- F.E. Sillanpää
- Director of Photography
- Esko Nevalainen
- Original Music Composer
- Ahti Sonninen
- Editor
- Nils Holm
Details
- Original title
- Elokuu
- Release date
- 1956-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Fennada-Filmi