Omena putoaa… (1952) [N/A]

Featuring:
Toini Vartiainen, Tauno Palo, Reino Valkama

Written by:
Usko Kemppi
Valentin Vaala
Mika Waltari

Directed by:
Valentin Vaala


Release Date:
September 19, 1952

Original Title:
Omena putoaa…

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Suomi-Filmi

Production Countries:
Finland

Ratings / Certifications:
FI: K-16 

Runtime: 97

Mika Waltari's influence on Finnish film can be seen almost as big as Väinö Linna's. When Linna's huge novels were translated to great spectacles, Waltari's brilliant stories got their form in a smaller, but definitely not in any worse, result.In the beginning one can see a man walking a dog. The man is of course the writer of this movie and that's where Vaala makes us realize how he will be very faithful to his good friend's writing - and good as that! So the film fallows very much the original script and is very much a satire from Waltari more than other creators. "Omena putoaa" criticizes very smartly the world where everyone cheats everyone and morality won't be found nowhere but from books. But that's just the way it works today, so what?

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Rankings and Honors

Omena putoaa… (1952) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.9/10
Awards Won: 5 wins

Director:
Valentin Vaala

Director of Photography:
Eino Heino

Editor:
Valentin Vaala

Makeup Artist:
Aarne Kuokkanen

Original Music Composer:
Einar Englund

Producer:
Risto Orko

Production Design:
Tapio Vilpponen

Screenplay:
Mika Waltari
Usko Kemppi
Valentin Vaala

Sound:
Harald Koivikko

Theatre Play:
Mika Waltari

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