


If you want to see what people in Finland laughed at ninety years ago, this goofy boarding house comedy is actually a pretty fun time. But if you hate scratchy old sound and actors who yell every single line at the top of their lungs, you will probably hate it. 🇫🇮 The whole thing is basically about a bunch of weirdo...


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"If you want to see what people in Finland laughed at ninety years ago, this goofy boarding house comedy is actually a pretty fun time. But if you hate scratchy old sound and actors who yell every single line at the top of their lungs, you will probably hate it. 🇫🇮 The whole thing is basically about a bunch of weirdos living together under one roof, getting into misunderstandings that could be solved by one normal conversation. But then we wouldn't have a movie, would we? What really caught m..."
Elsa Rantalainen
Georg Malmstén, Risto Orko, Roine Richard Ryynänen, Theodor Luts
Finland
1920 · IMDb 6.3
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