''Hilja maitotyttö'' (English translation ''The Milkmaid'') is a 1953 Finnish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by T. J. Särkkä, and starred

Anneli Sauli Anneli is a female given name common in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Norway. It originated as a variation of the name Anna. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever. Not ...

Saulo Haarla Saulo Ismaro Haarla (21 November 1930, Helsinki – 4 October 1971) was a Finnish actor and theatre manager. He appeared in seven films between 1951–1961 and worked as a theatre manager in the Oulu City Theatre 1970–1971. Having been a heavy ...

and

Tauno Palo Tauno Valdemar Palo (born Tauno Brännäs; 25 October 1908 – 24 May 1982) was a Finnish actor and singer in what some consider the golden age of Finnish cinema. In ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'' Peter von Bagh names Palo as the ...

. A film is based on the 1913 short story "Hilja the Milkmaid" by

Johannes Linnankoski Johannes Linnankoski (originally Vihtori Johan Peltonen, 18 October 1869 – 10 August 1913) was a Finland, Finnish author and playwright, which mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel ...

. When it premiered in Finland, the film caused a stir and controversy due to its eroticism and the

rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ...

scene included in the story; however, the erotic content guaranteed the sale of the film to a dozen other countries.Pajukallio, Arto: Elokuvat. ''Helsingin Sanomat'' 4.7.2012, s. B 13.

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* 1953 films 1950s Finnish-language films Films based on short fiction Films about rape Obscenity controversies in film Finnish drama films 1953 drama films Finnish black-and-white films {{Finland-film-stub