''Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla'' (Swedish: ''Träskalle och Stumpen i Suez '', English: ''Pekka and Pätkä on Suez'') is a 1958

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directed by

Armand Lohikoski Armand Lohikoski (January 3, 1912 – March 20, 2005) was an American born Finnish movie director and writer. He is best known as a director of a number of '' Pekka ja Pätkä'' movies. Career Before his career as a film director Armand Lohikosk ...

and starring

Esa Pakarinen Feeliks Esaias "Esa" Pakarinen (9 February 1911 – 28 April 1989) was a Finnish actor, singer, accordionist and comedian, best known for the role of Pekka Puupää in the ''Pekka and Pätkä'' films from 1953–1960. He was also a skilled, self- ...

and

Masa Niemi Martti "Masa" Elis Niemi (20 July 1914 – 3 May 1960) was a Finnish actor. Career Niemi started his career as a drummer, but became popular as a comedian. He is most famous for his role as "Pätkä" (in English: Stub) in all thirteen ori ...

. It is the tenth movie in the

Pekka ja Pätkä Pekka is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 100,000 people registered with this name in Finland. The nameday is the 29th of June in the Finnish tradition and the 25th ...

-series of musical buddy comedies based on the Finnish comic book.

Summary

The movie begins with the final scene of the previous film ''Pekka ja Pätkä Sammakkomiehinä'' where the two main protagonists are knocked out by a pair of Finnish soldiers. The soldiers take Pekka and Pätkä's clothes, put them in uniform and drag them to the plane for

Suez Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boun ...

where a Finnish platoon is being sent on a

peace keeping Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare. Within the United N ...

mission. Pekka and Pätkä are unwittingly captured by bandits, rescue Caliphe Abu Kapi's daughter Sulema and uncover a plot for a revolution being planned by sheik Ali Ben Ali.

Notes

* The movie is a direct sequel to ''Pekka ja Pätkä Sammakkomiehinä'' (1957) and the movie begins with the final scene of this film explaining how Pekka and Pätkä end up on the plane to Suez. * The film's setting was inspired by the real

Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...

in 1956. * Due to the film's exotic location the series' other regular characters, Pekka's wife Justiina (Siiri Angerkoski) and caretaker Pikkarainen (Armas Jokio) only appear briefly towards the end of the film. * The film features an early appearance by

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