"The Blessed Colonel"
Autuas Eversti (Salig översten)
Le colonel bienheureux (French title)
Der selige Oberst (German title)

Finland 1958 B/W 63min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

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Comedy

cast: Pentti Siimes (the colonel Carolus Rutger von Haestman), Hillevi Lagerstam (Amelie Carlsdotter Silversvärd), Tarmo Manni (Ossian), Ekke Hämäläinen (Arthur), Anneli Sauli (Senja), Martti Romppanen (Hans), Maikki Länsiö (Dolly), Marja Korhonen (Agneta), Esko Mannermaa (Marcus), Kosti Klemelä (Albert), Irja Rannikko (Doris), Leni Katajakoski, Matti Kuusla, Irja Kuusla, Laila Rihte, Saara Ranin (Josephine), Paavo Hukkinen
credits: dir. William Markus (also script with Pentti Unho), DOP Pentti Unho, music Heikki Aaltoila, prod. T.J. Särkkä

A flashback. The colonel walks with this beutyful lady. Back to present time. The colonel is old. Another flashback. Back. Flashback. Back... Now the colonel is dead. No, he wakes up! Then some action: this old fellow runs to his old love. How exciting?

The film is short, but it feels like 3 hours long. Even Tarmo Manni sounds boring as a caricature of over-reacting husband of the colonel's second daughter.

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