Sylvi
En anderns Hustru (Danish title)

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Finland 1944 B/W 89 min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

Drama

cast: Helena Kara (Sylvi), Siiri Angerkoski (Mrs. Hake), Edvin Laine (Aksel Wahl), Elsa Turakainen, Leif Wager, Jalmari Rinne
credits: dir. T. J. Särkkä, based on Minna Canth's play

An orphan girl gets marriend with an older man. She is just a child and doesn't love him. Soon she'll grow up and finds her love but her husband will not let her to go.

The casing is quite good. Mr. Laine does his grumpy old man routine as young Sylvi's husband and Leif Wager is just right into the role of Sylvi's new love. Only mistake is Sylvi. Helena Kara was almost 30 when she played this part and that's defenately too old. Nobody can believe that she still plays with dolls.

TRIVIA: The music for the film was made by Nils-Erik Fougstedt who also composed music for Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi.

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