'The Woman Is the Trump'
Nainen on valttia (Kvinnan är trumf)
L'atout c'est la femme (French title)
Die Frau ist Trumf (German title)

Finland 1944 B/W 96 min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

Comedy

cast: Ansa Ikonen (Kirsti Kalpa), Uuno Laakso (Kalle), Aku Korhonen (professor), Unto Salminen (Mr. Rantamaa), Ture Junttu, Veikko Linna, Toppo Elonperä:, Jalmari Rinne, Laina Laine
credits: dir. Ansa Ikonen, script Mika Waltari, staging Ossi Elstelä, music Heikki Aaltoila, prod. T.J. Särkkä

A famous operetta singer Ms. Kalpa gets sick and tired to her busy life and disappears. When polices try to catch her, she hides into an apartment where three guys, an old professor, a moody composer and their servant, live happily together. They have promised to each other to not let women in their life but Ms. Kalpa looks so sad and lonely...

As a modern comedy this could be very kinky movie. But it is not modern. It's Ansa Ikonen's only work as director. We can hear her singing, see her dancing, her her singing, see her smiling, hear her singing... What becomes to acting, this is not as bad movie as it could be. But instead of Ikonen it could have been better with Lea Joutseno in the main role. She had that certain lightness that this movie needs. Aku korhonen, Uuno Laakso and Unto Salminen are ok, as many times before and after this movie.

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