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Jouluksi kotiin (1975)

Directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Overview

Construction worker Urho Suomalainen, his factory-worker wife Sirkka, and their two school-age children dream about getting away from their cramped rental apartment and moving to a house of their own. Urho decides to build one from scratch, starting from hauling trees from the forest to the sawmill. As the building progresses, a serious fault is discovered in its foundations. The family also has problems with their mortgage. Urho develops pneumonia and passes away before he sees his house completed. At his grave, a fellow worker gives a powerful speech praising socialism.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Paavo Pentikäinen | Irma Martinkauppi | Tuija Ahvonen | Aapo Vilhunen | Selma Miettinen | Kaisa Martinkauppi | Jari Erkkilä | Martta Reima | Timo Martinkauppi | Erkki Siirtomaa | Arvo Nuutinen | Kari Virta | Esko Sironen | Eino Korpelainen | Sulo Lindén | Pentti Vuorinen | Seppo Ohtamaa | Mauri Lahtinen | Teemu Mäkäräinen | Urho Savolainen | Risto Vuorinen | Armas Nordström | Erkki Westerlund | Alpo Kosonen | Bruno Ollanketo