The Harvest Month (1956)
Elokuu
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
- Date of release
- 1956-10-05
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Matti Kassila
Casting
- Toivo Mäkelä — Viktor Sundvall
- Emma Väänänen — Saima Sundvall
- Rauni Luoma — Maija Länsilehto
- Aino-Maija Tikkanen — Tyyne Sundvall
- Rauni Ikäheimo — Iita
- Senni Nieminen — Hanna Nieminen
- Heikki Savolainen — Mauno Viljanen
- Tauno Kajander — Taave
- Sylvi Salonen — Actress
- Topi Kankainen — Alpertti
- Pentti Irjala — Mies saunalla
- Olavi Ahonen — Mies saunalla
Interesting facts
The Harvest Month 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.
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