''April's Coming'' (Finnish: ''Huhtikuu tulee'') is a 1953 Finnish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Valentin Vaala Valentin Vaala (born Valentin Yakovich Ivanoff, Russian: Валентин Якович Иванов; 13 October 1909 in Helsinki – 21 November 1976 in Helsinki) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and film editor. His career spanned sever ...

and starring Ossi Elstelä, Tuija Halonen and Kurt Ingvall.Qvist & von Bagh p.257

Cast

* Ossi Elstelä as Subeditor * Tuija Halonen as Journalist * Kurt Ingvall as Jaakko Huhtikuu *

Hilkka Kinnunen Hilkka Terttu Annikki Kinnunen (born 19 March 1925) is a Finnish actress and opera singer. She led the Operettiteatteri from 1959 until 1996 and often even acted as a prima donna performing leading roles. Life and career Kinnunen began her stu ...

as Annikki Teräs * Rauno Kuosmanen as Pertti Avovirta * Harry Lewing as Jopi *

Tarmo Manni Tarmo Manni (30 July 1921, in Saarijärvi – 24 September 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. He worked for the Finnish National Theatre 41 years of his 44-year career and appeared in 65 films between 1944 and 2000. Manni was known as a fla ...

as Kiuru - artist * Kerstin Nylander *

Rauha Rentola Rauha Olivia Elisabet Rentola (4 February 1919, Kuhmoinen − 20 July 2005) was a Finnish actress. During her career, she appeared in close to a hundred films while also working for Finnish National Theatre for half a century. Selected filmography ...

as Elisabet Avovirta *

Joel Rinne Toivo Joel Rinne (6 June 1897, Asikkala – 3 December 1981) was a prolific Finnish actor of stage and screen. Among his most memorable film parts was the title role in the Inspector Palmu movie series, which started in 1960's ''Komisario Palmun e ...

as Heikki Avovirta * Anja Räsänen as Kaija Avovirta *

Emma Väänänen Emma Väänänen (22 December 1907 – 20 February 1970) was a Finnish film actress. She appeared in 49 films between 1941 and 1969. She was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival in 1959. Selected filmography * ' ...

Mika Waltari Mika Toimi Waltari (; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel ''The Egyptian'' ( fi, Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stori ...

as Man in a restaurant

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 comedy films Finnish comedy films 1950s Finnish-language films Films based on works by Mika Waltari Films directed by Valentin Vaala Finnish black-and-white films {{Finland-film-stub