'The Man From Sysmä'
Sysmäläinen (Mannen från Sysmä)
Celui de Sysmä (French title)
Ein Mann von Sysmä (German title)

Finland 1938 B/W 93min Suomi-Filmi Oy

**½

Adventure

cast: Olavi Reimas (A man from Sysmä), Sirkka Sari (Brita), Uuno Laakso
credits: dir. Valentin Vaala, staging Ville Salminen, Kosti Aaltonen, based on a novel by Jalmari Finne

A hilarious poor man's adventure (but a good one) of a stupid but handsome man form Sysmä and his love. Time: 1600-1700.

The staging is well done and actors very good. Yet there is one bad thing. Although the lady of the film (Sirkka Sari) can cheat the man from Sysmä by saying that she is a man too, the audience can see what she really is. Sari is defenetly not Hilary Swank.

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