Sadan miekan mies

Sadan miekan mies (1951)

Captain Kaarnoja finds himself caught up in intrigues and a dispute between the noblewoman Elisabeth and her cousin, Captain Gyllenskiöld. Kaarnoja comes into possession of a mysterious letter, which leads him and his loyal companion Sergeant Erkinpoika into battles, ambushes, and sword fights.

Date of release
1951-08-31
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy, Adventure, History
Director
Ilmari Unho

Casting

Interesting facts

Sadan miekan mies is a Finnish historical adventure comedy film from 1951 directed by Ilmari Unho. The film takes place in the 1630s in the Finnish county Varsinais-Suomi, and tells the story of a heroic swordsman on an assignment from the king, and on their journey, the swordsman and he's partner encounter foes and damsels. The film was first shown on television on 7 March 1964.

Production and awards

Outdoor shooting for the move took place in the surroundings of the medieval Kuitila manor in Pargas and in Luostarinmäki and the castle in Turku. The Turku castle appearing twice in a full frame shot is of a model, because the actual surroundings were not suitable for the 17th century period of the movie. The fencing instructor for the actors was the French Roger Blanc, who was the instructor of the Finnish fencing

team and also taught at the Theatre academy

The producer successfully complained about high taxes and the movie was exempt from all taxes. Roy a.k.a. Tapio Vilpponen won the best set design -award in Jussi Awards for this and the movie Gabriel, tule takaisin on 19.3.1951 at Hotelli Aulanko.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended