'The Tenant Farmer's Girl'
Suotorpan tyttö (Tösen från stormyrtorpet)
La fille de la tenure des marais (French title)
Mädchen aus der Moorkate (German title)

Finland 1940 B/W 66min Suomen Filmiteollisuus

**

Drama

cast: Regina Linnanheimo (Helga), Tauno Palo (Mauri), Ester Toivonen (Hildur), Aku Korhonen (Helga's father), Wilho Ilmari (Erland), Yrjö Tuominen, Joel Rinne, Irja Elstelä
credits: dir. (& prod.) T.J. Särkkä, DOP Marius Raichi, staging Ossi Elstelä, based on a story by Selma Lagerlöf

A story about honesty. Poor Helga has to leave her job because she has a baby. The rich father of the baby tells to the judge that he's no father of that child and he doesn't have to pay anything to Helga. It looks like everyone in the small village are going to turn their back to Helga and her child until splendid Mauri comes to her way.

Old-fashioned acting, lots of sentimental stuff and big (Finnish) stars. Luckily this movie is not very long. Another good thing: Regina Linnanheimo is quite good in the main role.

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