'The Sailor Quartet'
Kipparikvartetti (Skepparkvartetten)
Le quartette des bateliers (French title)
Schiffer-Quartett (German title)

Available on DVD (rel. 07/2005)

Finland 1952 B/W 78min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

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Musical

cast: Kauko Käyhkö (Kauko), Liisa Tuomi (Raija Rahala), Olavi Virta (Olli Joki), Auvo Nuotio (Apo Rovio), Teijo Joutsela (Teikka Ankkanen), Eero Roine (Harri Vuorivirta), Harry Bergström (composer), Ville Salminen (director/bad guy), Verna Piponius, Liisa Rope, Aino Angerkoski, Maininki Sippola-Wilska, Leo Lähteenmäki (Lorenz van Leuven), Kaisu Leppänen (Mrs. Rahala), Veikko Linna, Kaarlo Wilska, Heikki Savolainen, Armas Jokio, Heimo Lepistö, Masa Niemi, Pentti Irjala, Paavo Jännes
credits: dir. Ville Salminen (also staging), script Reino Helismaa, music Harry Bergström, prod. T.J. Särkkä

Good songs, but pretty mindless story about musicmen who try to make living with their music. It seems like the names of the characters are the witty part of the whole thing: they are "funny" versions of the performers real names (for example Olavi Virta [virta means stream] is here Olli Joki [joki means river]).

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