'Hilma's Name Day'
Hilman päivät (Hilmadagen)
Le jour d'Hilma (French title)
Hilma-Tage (German title)

Finland 1954 B/W 77 min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

***

Comedy

cast: Tauno Palo (Yrjö), Aino Mantsas, Edvin Laine (Kalervo), Matti Ranin (Heikki), Kaija Paasi (Hilma), Vieno Kekkonen, Salli Karuna (Eeva), Tarmo Manni (Kipala), Pentti Irjala (old Vekkula), Oke Tuuri (Alpertti), Arvo Lehesmaa, Leo Riuttu, Laila Rihte, Irja Kuusla, Toivo Särkkä, Leo Jokela, Tyyne Haarla, Arvo Kuusla, Heimo Lepistö, Emma Väänänen, Sasu Haapanen (the narrator)
credits: dir. (& script) Matti Kassila, prod. T.J.Särkkä, DOP Kalle Peronkoski, based on a story by Agapetus, music Heikki Aaltoila, staging Aarre Koivisto

It's Kalervo's wife who is having her name day. The village has just got a new resident. He's young judge Heikki. Two ladies fall in love with him but who will got who and is it Vekkula that is burning? This movie tells lightfully about fate.

'Hilma's Name Day' is a small comedy about common people. It doesn't try to be a masterpiece and that's perhaps its best part.

TRIVIA: The producer T.J. Särkkä can be spotted in the Hilma's name day party scene. He stands in a doorway with a coffee cup.

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