''Let Not One Devil Cross the Bridge'' ( fi, Äl’ yli päästä perhanaa) is a 1968 Finnish

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directed by

Matti Kassila Matti Kassila (12 January 1924 – 13 December 2018) was a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on t ...

. The film is an ensemble divided into three independent stories, based on the ideas of the actual frame story, where the people who took part in the film design meeting during the get-together held at evening. The film is starring Maija Karhi,

Pentti Siimes Pentti Kalevi Siimes (10 September 1929 – 27 October 2016) was a Finnish actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1946 and 2008. Siimes starred in the film ''Miriam'', which was entered into the 8th Berlin In ...

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and

Toivo Mäkelä Toivo Mäkelä (26 September 1909 – 20 April 1979) was a Finnish film actor, appearing in more than 50 films between 1951 and 1979. He won a Jussi Award for Best Actor in 1978 and was awarded a Pro Finlandia medal in 1960. Partial filmogr ...

. Director Kassila returned to film directing after a five-year hiatus. The film was completed at a time when

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had begun to take audiences away from cinemas, which is why Kassila wanted to use this film to comment on the crisis in the Finnish film industry. The film's audience success was the weakest in 1968, even though it was effectively marketed, and it made big losses, making it the

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. In the television show ''Kinoklubi'', where directors Matti Kassila and

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and producer

Markus Selin Markus Selin (born 16 March 1960) is a Finnish television and film producer. Career Selin was born in Vihti. His first feature was conceived in the mid-1980s. At a party in Los Angeles, he was introduced to fellow Finn Renny Harlin. The two c ...

listed their own failed films and the reasons for the failure, Kassila considered ''Let Not One Devil Cross the Bridge'' to be one of his worst films ever made.Ylen Elävä Arkisto.
(in Finnish)

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* 1968 films Finnish black-and-white films 1960s Finnish-language films Films directed by Matti Kassila Finnish comedy films Anthology films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub

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