Esa_"Flies"_to_Kuopio

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Esa "Flies" to Kuopio

1953 film by Ville Salminen

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]

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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. [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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