'Surrogate wife'
Vaimoke (Så tuktas en man)
Un semblant d'épouse (French title)
Die Nebenfrau (German title)

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Finland B/W 1936 89min Suomi-Filmi Oy

Comedy

cast: Ansa Ikonen (Kirsti), Tauno Palo, Uuno Laakso, Kunto Karapää
credits: dir., edited by Valentin Vaala, music Harry Bergström

A man bet that he'll marry some girl and so he does. After all those ceremonies the man gets his money, but the girl is unhappy, of course: she's just a kind of a wife, not a loved one. But who will be the winner in this tricky game?

Like all this time's movies also this have some really boring singing sections. Ansa's voice was thought admirable years ago, but nowadays it's horrible to hear. Maybe the cause is in old recording system, maybe it's just Ansa's fault. Based on Hilja Valtonen's book.

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