''Alivuokralainen'' (

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for "the sub-tenant") is a

comedy play written by

Timo Kahilainen Kummeli is the name of a Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of ''Porkkana Ryhmä'', the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Olli Keskin ...

and Heikki Vihinen and directed by Heikki Vihinen. The play stars

Heikki Hela Heikki Hela (born 19 July 1964 in Aitolahti) is a Finnish entertainer, actor and musician, best remembered for his role in the early 1990s hit show ''Kummeli'' and his hit song " Uneton Yö", featured on his debut album, '' Kaikista Kaikkein''. S ...

Heikki Kinnunen Heikki Kinnunen (born 8 April 1946, in Raahe) is a Finnish actor, who became well known in the beginning of the 1970s in the comedy program '' Ällitälli''. Kinnunen was known specially for his roles in comedy films and -series. He has played th ...

, Kake Aunesneva, Jukka Leisti, Ritva Jalonen, Ilpo Hakala, Tuija Ernamo, Pete Keskinen and Mikko Rantaniva. It premiered in 2003 and is still showing in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

Plot

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Pauli Bergström and

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Lauri Mustonen share a 280 m² rented

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in the centre of

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. Their peaceful, uneventful life is interrupted when their

landlady A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a ''lessee'' or ''renter''). When a juristic person is in this position, the t ...

, aging aristocrat Lydia Molotova, decides to give the apartment as a gift to her nephew, Sergeant John Molotov. Immediately, Sergeant Molotov raises the

rent Rent may refer to: Economics *Renting, an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property *Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production *Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of e ...

by a factor of more than ten, which is more than Bergström and Mustonen can pay. Not wanting to move elsewhere, they place an ad in the

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

, looking for a sub-tenant to help them pay the rent. The sub-tenant is Carl Robert Palmberg, a Finland-Swedish interior decorator in his 30s, who is openly gay. Things get further complicated when Sergeant Molotov has to undergo surgery because of an infected kidney, and Mustonen decides to operate him privately.

External links

''Alivuokralainen'' at the Tampere theatre
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