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The Village Shoemakers

192383 minFinland
Comedy

Synopsis

Esko sets out with Mikko to claim the bride his family expects him to marry. Finding her wedding to another man already under way sends him through a humiliating journey of mistaken expectations and setbacks.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
71:25
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Еrkki Kаru · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsErkki Karu

Inspirations

Erkki Karu adapts Aleksis Kivi's 1864 play about courtship, family ambitions and village life. Axel Slangus plays Esko in this first screen version.

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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.

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  • Kirsti Suonio — Anonymous Unknown author / Helander studio / Museovirasto; http://www.finna.fi/Cover/Show?id=musketti.M012%3AHK19571202%3A152 Image record page in Finna: musketti.M012%3AHK19571202%3A152 Image record page in Finna: museovirasto.4B71573443A676149AE66547C73842C9 · CC BY 4.0

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