"Ugly Elsa"
Ruma Elsa (Fula Elsa)
Elsa la laide (French title)
Die hässliche Elsa (German title)

Available on DVD

Finland 1949 B/W 70min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

**½

Comedy

cast: Eeva-Kaarina Volanen (Elsa), Kullervo Kalske (Pertti Oras), Elsa Turakainen (Vivi Kassel), Lasse Pöysti (Usko Aamunen), Rauha Rentola (Paula), Arvo Lehesmaa, Liisa Tuomi (Irma), Matti Kassila, Matti Ranin, Marita Nordberg, Aarne Laine, Jalmari Rinne
credits: dir. Edvin Laine, prod. T.J. Särkkä, DOP Kalle Peronkoski

Well, fatherless Elsa dresses up like a boy and smokes and talks like bad boys. But her sister is pretty and nice. What to do with Elsa?

Overacted, but funny. Still, it's old.

TRIVIA: Edvin Laine directed also the original theatre version of this play. Some of the actors in the film were same as on the stage.
TRIVIA#2: Eeva-Kaarina Volanen won Jussi prize (Finnish Oscar) for her part.

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