That Kiljunen Family

That Kiljunen Family (Finnish: Kiljusen herrasväki) is a 1981 Finnish musical comedy family film directed by Matti Kuortti and starring Jukka Sipilä and Marja-Sisko Aimonen. It is based on the 1914 children's book by the same name by Jalmari Finne.[1]

That Kiljunen Family
Original Finnish film poster
Directed byMatti Kuortti
Written byKullervo Kukkasjärvi
Matti Kuortti
Lasse Naukkarinen
Based onKiljusen herrasväki by Jalmari Finne
Produced byKullervo Kukkasjärvi
StarringJukka Sipilä
Marja-Sisko Aimonen
Jouni Lukus
Kai Lemmetty
Salli Pallasmaa
CinematographyErkki Peltomaa
Edited byJuho Gartz
Music byMarkku Kopisto
Production
company
Filminor Oy
Distributed bySuomi-Filmi Oy
Release date
20 November 1981
Running time
103 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
BudgetFIM 2,7 million[1]

At the beginning of the 1970s, the production company Filminor had already planned a family film based on Finne's children's book, but at that time the project fell through because the topic was reserved for Yleisradio. After Risto Jarva's death in 1977, Filminor gave the directing opportunity to Antti Peippo and Timo Linnasalo, whose films had a rather weak public success, and the subject of Finne was taken up again: Matti Kuortti, a long-time Filminor native since the late 1960s as a sound engineer and editor in the company, directed That Kiljunen Family as his debut film.[1]

The film was a commercial hit when it came out in the theaters and it gathered more than 200,000 viewers,[2] which was the second most viewed in 1981 after Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi.[1] Due to the film's success, the film received a sequel The New Adventures of That Kiljunen Family in 1990, which was also directed by Matti Kuortti.[3]

Plot

The film is about the Kiljunen family (originally Kiljander) living in the country, who are known for inventions and their loud voice, which the family name refers to (Finnish word kiljua literally means "screaming" or "yelling"). One sunny day, the Kiljunen family receive a letter in which they read that they have won a prize trip to Helsinki in a quiz. When the family then arrives in the capital of Finland, which is not already prepared for the arrival of such a loud and distinctive family, nothing is the same anymore.

Cast
  • Jukka Sipilä as Mr. Kiljunen, the father of family
  • Marja-Sisko Aimonen as Mrs. Kiljunen, the mother of family
  • Jouni Lukus as Mikael "Mökö" Kiljunen, the first son of family
  • Kai Lemmetty as Lennart "Luru" Kiljunen, the second son of family
  • Salli Pallasmaa as Olga Vilhelmiina "Plättä" Kiljunen, the daughter of family
  • Tuija Ahvonen as Liisa Lehto, the journalist
  • Paavo Piskonen as Reiska, the photographer
  • Markku Blomqvist as Mr. Puputti, the editor-in-chief
  • Antti Litja as the Mayor of Helsinki
  • Esa Pakarinen Jr. as Jalmari Finne, the author of Kiljusen herrasväki books

References
  1. Kiljusen herrasväki – Elonet (in Finnish)
  2. Kiljusen herrasväki täyttää 100 vuotta – Jalmari Finne avasi tien Tatulle ja Patulle – Yle (in Finnish)
  3. Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut (1990) – IMDb
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