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Avoveteen (1939)
Directed by Orvo Saarikivi
Drama · 1h 39m
Yrjö Niemelä leaves the countryside for Helsinki. Unemployed, homeless, and penniless, the young man attempts suicide in despair, but a Salvation Army soldier comes to his rescue at the last moment. His luck changes when Yrjö gets a job in a warehouse and, as a fast runner, becomes a sports coach. His childhood sweetheart Elsa encourages him to succeed.
Cast
Kullervo Kalske
Yrjö Niemelä
Irma Seikkula
Elsa
Aino Lohikoski
Kieronperän emäntä
Hugo Hytönen
Kieronperän isäntä
Reino Valkama
nappikauppias Lehtinen
Paavo Jännes
kauppaneuvos
Elsa Rantalainen
rouva Järveläinen
Sasu Haapanen
Jaakko Viklund
Hannes Häyrinen
Jussi Marttila
Kaarlo Saarnio
pelastusarmeijalainen
M
Martti Jukola
Martti Jukola
Pentti Saares
valmentaja
Crew
- Director
- Orvo Saarikivi
- Screenplay
- Ilmari Unho
- Novel
- Urho Karhumäki
- Director of Photography
- Uno Pihlström
- Original Music Composer
- Harry Bergström
- Producer
- Matti Schreck
Details
- Release date
- 1939-08-27
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Suomi-Filmi