'The Old Railroad Worker'
Lapatossu
Faulpelz (German title)

Available on DVD 01/06

Finland 1937 B/W 83min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

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Comedy

cast: Aku Korhonen (Lapatossu), Kaarlo Kartio (Vinski), Siiri Angerkoski
credits: dir. T.J. Särkkä, Yrjö Norta

Lapatossu (straight translation: shoulder-blade-slipper or just "a lazy man") does everything to avoid every kind jobs. He is not a stupid man - as his friend Vinski - and so he can very easily and loveably be lazy.

Lapatossu is a very sweet film and actually funny which old comedies usually are not. The time has been very gentle to this piece of art.

TRIVIA: There is more than one Lapatossu movie. There could even be more of them, but Kaarlo Kartio died 1941 and so the serie ended. Sad.

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