Noin 7 veljestä

Noin 7 veljestä (1968)

The greedy lord of the manor, von Wurstburg, lives lavishly on his estate, heavily taxing the local peasants, when the official heir to the estate, the noble Sir William, arrives. At the same time, the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood, who helps the poor, sets up camp in the nearby woods. When the estate threatens to fall into Sir William's hands and the peasants rise up against von Wurstburg's excesses in Robin Hood's footsteps, the lord finds himself in a double bind.

Date of release
1968-08-23
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jukka Virtanen

Casting

Interesting facts

About Seven Brothers is a 1968 comedy directed by Jukka Virtanen and which was written and produced by Spede Pasanen. The film is a loose parody of the Robin Hood story. The name of the film is a take on Seitsemän veljestä the ground-breaking novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi.

Production

Filming occurred mostly around Suomenlinna of Helsinki with St. Olaf's Castle of Savonlinna used for many wide-shots as a stand-in for the castle. The film's cast is composed of Pasanen's stock actors including Simo Salminen, Juhani Kumpulainen, Jukka Virtanen, Ere Kokkonen and Leo Jokela. It also featured the first major performance by Vesa-Matti Loiri in Spede's movies.

Director Virtanen was also involved in a life-threatening accident during filming when he fell out of the hot-air balloon seen during the finale. Finnish pop-singer Danny and director Jukka Virtanen wrote the song Seitsemän kertaa seitsemän (Seven times Seven) to serve as the narrative of the movie, performed by Danny. Danny later released a stand-alone version with different lyrics which went on to become one of his most enduring hits.

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