'Songs After the Heart's Desire'
Toivelauluja (Önskevisor)
Des airs favoris (French title)
Wunschlieder (German title)

Available on DVD

Finland 1961 colour 80min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

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Musical

cast: Pirkko Mannola (Pirkko), Esko Salminen (Pekka), Leif Wager, Leni Katajakoski, Pentti Irjala, Jalmari Rinne, Irja Rannikko (Heta), Pentti Viljanen (Alpertti), Armas Jokio (Karolus), Heimo Lepistö (Kasper), Henny Valjus (Mrs. Aaltonen), Annikki Tähti, Tapio Rautavaara, Ossi Runne, Leo Jokela
credits: dir. Ville Salminen, script Reino Helismaa, music Toivo Kärki, staging Roy, DOP Osmo Harkimo, prod. T.J. Särkkä

This looks like someone would have said: "Let's make something that looks like those fancy and big Hollywood musicals! Does anybody have money? Oh, a dollar... Well, we can make it a little smaller..." It's about a girl who finds a song book and starts to dream about the songs in it.

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