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Esa "Flies" to Kuopio

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Esa "Flies" to Kuopio
Original Finnish film poster.
Directed byVille Salminen
Written byReino Helismaa
Produced byT.J. Särkkä
StarringEsa Pakarinen
Mai-Brit Heljo
Siiri Angerkoski
CinematographyKauno Laine
Edited byArmas Vallasvuo
Music byToivo Kärki
Production
company
Distributed bySuomen Filmiteollisuus
Release date
  • 13 March 1953 (1953-03-13)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Esa "Flies" to Kuopio (Finnish: Lentävä kalakukko, Swedish: Esa "flyger" till Kuopio) is a 1953 Finnish comedy crime film directed by Ville Salminen and starring Esa Pakarinen, Mai-Brit Heljo and Siiri Angerkoski.[1]

The film takes place in February 1946. Viski-Ville, Läski-Leevi and Kello-Kalle, the members of Kulaus-Ramperi's bandit, make an unfortunate burglary and flee from Helsinki to Kuopio on a train express called the Flying Kalakukko (Finnish: Lentävä Kalakukko). The police get a clue about the bandits' escape route. The fast-paced conductor Samuli Saastamoinen (Esa Pakarinen) is also a train detective who trying to capture them. Masa Niemi plays a small crook, Läski-Leevi, who has an annoying myokymia.

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & von Bagh p.249

Bibliography

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  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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