"The Kummeli Gold Fever"
Kummeli kultakuume

Finland 1997 colour 96 min Solar Films Inc.

***½

Comedy

cast: Timo Kahilainen (Jorma), Heikki Hela (Janne-Petteri Broman), Heikki Silvennoinen (Elmeri/ Kyrpä-Jooseppi), Heikki Vihinen (Jönssi), Kari Hietalahti (Kulokoski), Mari Turunen (Rasinkangas), Jukka Puotila (Peter North), Vesa-Matti Loiri (Eugen von Lahtinen), Oiva Lohtander (Mr. Rummenigen), Tapio Liinoja (Father Aleksei), Tuula Nyman (Lyyli), Vesa Vierikko (Mr. Göring), Kalle Holmberg, Kristiina Elstelä
credits: script Heikki Hela, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Silvennoinen and Heikki Vihinen, dir. Matti Grönberg, prod. Markus Selin, music Timo Kahilainen, DOP Pini Hellstedt and Petri Rossi

If the first Kummeli movie wasn't actually very funny, this one is better. It's about a madman Elmeri Hautamäki (Silvennoinen) who escapes from mental hospital to search a gold treasure which his father, Kyrpä-Jooseppi (Joseph The Cock), left to him. Elmeri is not alone on his way. There's also his nurse, a guy with huge muscles and a "lady" with him. Together they'll meet a bunch of weirdoes. There's evil nazis, deaf monks, poetic homos and almost everything else...

Although there's jokes about monks, homos etc. the comedy doesn't go over the edge. It's mainly funny, thanks for the great cast. One of the film's best perfomances comes from imitator Jukka Puotila, who plays extremely well a crazy German (was that really him?!). The soundtrack is... magnificent. :D

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