Esa "Flies" to Kuopio

Esa "Flies" to Kuopio (Finnish: Lentävä kalakukko, Swedish: Esa "flyger" till Kuopio) is a 1953 Finnish comedy crime film directed by Ville Salminen and starring Esa Pakarinen, Mai-Brit Heljo and Siiri Angerkoski.[1]

Esa "Flies" to Kuopio
Original Finnish film poster.
Directed byVille Salminen
Written byReino Helismaa
Produced byT.J. Särkkä
StarringEsa Pakarinen
Mai-Brit Heljo
Siiri Angerkoski
CinematographyKauno Laine
Edited byArmas Vallasvuo
Music byToivo Kärki
Production
company
Distributed bySuomen Filmiteollisuus
Release date
13 March 1953
Running time
66 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The film takes place in February 1946. Viski-Ville, Läski-Leevi and Kello-Kalle, the members of Kulaus-Ramperi's bandit, make an unfortunate burglary and flee from Helsinki to Kuopio on a train express called the Flying Kalakukko (Finnish: Lentävä Kalakukko). The police get a clue about the bandits' escape route. The fast-paced conductor Samuli Saastamoinen (Esa Pakarinen) is also a train detective who trying to capture them. Masa Niemi plays a small crook, Läski-Leevi, who has an annoying myokymia.

Cast

  • Esa Pakarinen as Samuli Saastamoinen, Train detective
  • Mai-Brit Heljo as Pretty-Molly
  • Siiri Angerkoski as Jenni
  • Kullervo Kalske as Yrjö
  • Armas Jokio as Aleksi
  • Leo Lähteenmäki as Kulaus-Ramperi / Detective Saastamoinen
  • Matti Aulos
  • Irja Rannikko as Taimi Töikkä
  • Hannes Veivo as Kello-Kalle
  • Masa Niemi as Leevi Lindroos / Läski-Leevi
  • Pentti Irjala as Lumberjack in Train
  • Eino Kaipainen as Chief Constable Räikkönen
  • Kauko Kokkonen as Police
  • Nestori Lampi as Hungry Passenger
  • Heimo Lepistö as Lumberjack in Train
  • Veikko Linna as Conductor Laitinen
  • Esko Mannermaa as Station-master
  • Lasse Pihlajamaa as Accordionist
  • Holger Salin as Train Constable
  • Ville Salminen as Vilho Adolf Napoleon Rötkö / Viski-Ville

See also

References

  1. Qvist & von Bagh p.249

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.


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