'Stolen Love'
Ylijäämänainen (Stulen kärlek)
Une femme en trop (French title)
Eine Überzählige Frau (German title)

Finland 1951 B/W 77min Fennada-Filmi Oy

**½

Drama, romance

cast: Asta Backman (Laura Kari), Tauno Palo (Lennart Qvist), Kyllikki Forssell (Ella Qvist), Harri Sinijärvi, Saara Ranin, Emma Väänänen, Uljas Kandolin, Matti Karvonen (pianist)
credits: dir. Roland af Hällström, DOP Esko Töyri

A melodramatic story about a lady who loses her love in the war. This time the guy doesn't die, he just marries somebody else. After a few years he comes back to meet his old love, who is still unmarried - mainly because so many men have died in the war.

The old-fashioned way to tell the story makes it slow and heavy. Luckily Asta Backman's performace in the main role seems to still be kind of fresh. Even Tauno Palo doesn't "shine" as much as she does.

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