"Ryhmy and Romppainen"
Ryhmy ja Romppainen (Ryhmy och Romppainen)

Finland 1941 B/W 79min Suomi-Filmi Oy

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Comedy, war

cast: Reino Valkama (Romppainen), Oiva Luhtala (Ryhmy), Kirsti Hurme (Vengrovska), Ville Salminen
credits: dir. Risto Orko, based on novels by Armas J. Pulla

In reality 40's in Finland were very hard times. Wars and stuff like that. Ryhmy and Romppainen were a happy couple. They were soldiers and in the middle of the war, but they had a very good time together. This is a pure farce.

There's also sequels: Jees ja just ('Yes and Right Away!', 1943), Jees, olympialaiset, sanoi Ryhmy ('"Give us the Olympics", Said Ryhmy').

TRIVIA: The parody writer Armas J. Pulla's surname is in English "a baked roll". It's his original name!

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