Behind The Street Mirror/'Behind the Mirror in the Window'
Katupeilin takana (Då mormor var ung En idyll från forna tiden)
Derrière le miroir de la rue (French title)
Hinter den Fensterspiegel (German title)

Finland 1949 B/W 88min

***

Romance, comedy

cast: Eeva-Kaarina Volanen (Valborg/Vappu), Uuno Laakso (Hjalmar Biörcke), Matti Ranin (Kaarlo Härkönen), Helge Ranin (Ossian Biörcke), Henny Waljus (moster Mella), Rauha Rentola (Liisi), Birgit Kronström (Sonja Brandt), Lasse Pöysti (Arvid Molander), Kyllikki Väre (Elma), Jalmari Rinne (William Molander), Aarne Laine, Irja Kuusla, Tarmo Manni (Axel Gallén), Martti Katajisto (Sibelius), Heikki Savolainen, Elsa Turakainen, Jalmari Parikka
credits: dir. Toivo Särkkä (Glory Leppänen), script Serp, prod. T.J. Särkkä, DOP Esko Töyri, music Heikki Aaltoila

A romantical costume drama which tells about young and lovely Vappu Biörcke who has many nice suitors. Ms. Volanen is lovely in her role as is young Matti Ranin in his. They use old-fashioned language which has parts of Swedish tongue.

Actor Rauli Tuomi was cast in Matti Ranin's role but he killed himself before the filming.

TRIVIA: This play was running in a theatre and it was directed by Glory Leppänen. Mister Särkkä filmed it with same actors and almost with the same staging as in the theatre. Therefore there has always been a strife of that who really directed this cute little movie.

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