'The X-Baron'
X-paroni (X-baronen)
Le baron X (French title)
Der X-Baron (German title)

Available on DVD

Finland 1964 B/W 86min Elokuvatuotanto Spede Pasanen/Hupi-Klubi Oy/Filminor

*½

Comedy

cast: Spede Pasanen (the baron Wilhelm von Tandem/Kalle), Meri Lii (Kerstin), Jaakko Pakkasvirta (James), Simo Salminen (Simo), Heikki Kuvaja (Jösse), Tapio Rautavaara (Tapsa), Anneli Sauli, Pirjo Vainimäki (Päivi), Peter von Bagh
credits: dir. (& script & prod.) Risto Jarva, Spede Pasanen & Jaakko Pakkasvirta, DOP Risto Jarva, sound Jaakko Pakkasvirta & Spede Pasanen, edit. Jaakko Pakkasvirta & Risto Jarva

There is a highly respected baron and a looser Kalle. They are like twins but at first they don't know about each other. Then one day they meet and soon Kalle is the baron and the baron starts to be Kalle.

Some good laughs (thanks to pheonomenal Simo Salminen), but in between those moments... Well, this was mr. Pasanen's first film. Something has to be forgiven, even that boring ending.

TRIVIA: Pirjo Vainimäki married Spede Pasanen a year after this movie was released.

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