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The film starts at the countryside, where station master Viirimäki is spending his summer holiday. He has gotten into the holiday mood to the extent that he wakes up from his stupor at the very moment he should already be getting back to work. Unfortunately the last ship from the island where he has been vacationing has already sailed, but as luck would have it, local residents Himanen and Kehkonen promise to help him out. Things turn out differently, however, and the attempt to help starts out an adventure filled with misunderstandings and plot twists.
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104 min
1931-02-02
Released
Finnish
2
3.5
Himanen
Alli
Paavo Kehkonen
Viirimäki
Kalle Vikström
Rural Police Chief
Liisa
Lehtinen
Lehtisen's Daughter
Old Woman
Lehtisen's Wife
10.0
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