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1956 Finnish drama film

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The Harvest Month
Film poster
Directed by	Matti Kassila
Written by	Matti Kassila
Based on	Elokuu by F. E. Sillanpää
Produced by	Mauno Mäkelä
Starring	Toivo Mäkelä
Cinematography	Esko Nevalainen
Edited by	Nils Holm
Release date	5 October 1956 (1956-10-05)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

The Harvest Month (Finnish: Elokuu) is a 1956 Finnish drama film directed by Matti Kassila, based on the 1941 novel by F. E. Sillanpää. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.

The Harvest Month was filmed in the spring and summer of 1956. The filming locations were Murole Canal and its surroundings in Ruovesi. The city shots were shot in Tampere, while the interior scenes were shot at the studios in Kulosaari, Helsinki.

Cast

Toivo Mäkelä as Viktor Sundvall
Emma Väänänen as Saimi Sundvall
Rauni Luoma as Maija Länsilehto
Aino-Maija Tikkanen as Tyyne Sundvall
Rauni Ikäheimo as Iita
Senni Nieminen as Hanna Nieminen
Heikki Savolainen as Mauno Viljanen
Tauno Kajander as Taave
Sylvi Salonen as Actress
Topi Kankainen as Alpertti
Pentti Irjala as the first man at sauna
Olavi Ahonen as the second man at sauna
Väinö Luutonen as Väinö Länsilehto
Keijo Lindroos as Dancing man
Mauri Jaakkola as Viktor's friend
Severi Seppänen as Doctor
Kaija Siikala as Viktor's first love

References

^ "Elokuu". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 November 2024.
"Festival de Cannes: The Harvest Month". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

External links

The Harvest Month at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Matti Kassila
Feature films	The Radio Burglary (1951) The Radio Goes Insane (1952) Song of Warsaw (1953) The Girl from Moon Bridge (1953) Hilma's Name Day (1954) The Harvest Month (1956) Red Line (1959) Inspector Palmu's Mistake (1960) The Scarlet Dove (1961) Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961) The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962) Let Not One Devil Cross the Bridge (1968) Vodka, Inspector Palmu (1969) The Headquarters (1970) In Adam's Dress and a Bit in Eve's Too (1971) Farewell, Mr. President (1987) The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988)

Films directed by Matti Kassila

Feature films

The Radio Burglary (1951)
The Radio Goes Insane (1952)
Song of Warsaw (1953)
The Girl from Moon Bridge (1953)
Hilma's Name Day (1954)
The Harvest Month (1956)
Red Line (1959)
Inspector Palmu's Mistake (1960)
The Scarlet Dove (1961)
Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962)
Let Not One Devil Cross the Bridge (1968)
Vodka, Inspector Palmu (1969)
The Headquarters (1970)
In Adam's Dress and a Bit in Eve's Too (1971)
Farewell, Mr. President (1987)
The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988)

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