''The Dead Man Falls in Love'' (Finnish: ''Kuollut mies rakastuu'') is a 1942 Finnish

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Ilmari Unho Ilmari Unho (22 October 1906 − 3 April 1961) was a Finnish actor, film director, and screenwriter. Unho was employed by Suomi-Filmi for most of his filmmaking career. Unho was born in Uusikaupunki in 1906. He started his film career as an actor ...

and starring Hilkka Helinä,

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 ...

and

Tauno Majuri Tauno Majuri (1907–1980) was a Finnish stage and film actor.Kääpä p.174 He was married to the actress Kaisu Leppänen Katri Sisko "Kaisu" Leppänen (13 October 1904 – 4 March 1993) was a Finnish actress. She worked for over 40 years in t ...

. Bacon p.96 The film's sets were designed by the

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Arvo Kotilainen. It was the first of a trilogy followed by ''

The Dead Man Loses His Temper ''The Dead Man Loses His Temper'' (Finnish: ''Kuollut mies vihastuu'') is a 1944 Finnish comedy thriller film directed by Ilmari Unho and starring Joel Rinne, Regina Linnanheimo and Kaija Rahola. Von Bagh p.44 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1944) and ''Kuollut mies kummittelee'' (1952).

Cast

* Hilkka Helinä as Berita Eliza Lopez *

as Eversti Rainer Sarmo / 'Kuollut mies' *

as Timo Aarma *

Reino Valkama Reino Adolf Valkama (4 April 1906 – 9 August 1962) was a Finnish actor. He appeared in 75 films during his career while also working for several theatres. In the 1930s, he was the manager of Mikkeli Theatre. Valkama received the Pro Finlandia awa ...

as Mikko Vehmer *

Paavo Jännes Paavo Klaus Emil Jännes (formerly Genetz, 20 March 1892 − 19 December 1970) was a Finnish theatre and film actor. He appeared in over 70 films between 1913−1969. Selected filmography *''Sylvi'' (1913) *''Miehen kylkiluu'' (1937) *''Dynamii ...

as Fredrik Ahrman * Santeri Karilo as Thomas Gardener * Wilho Ilmari as Luigi Lopez * Pentti Saares as Harri Temmes * Eine Laine as Emilia *

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 Leena

References

Bibliography

* Bacon. Henry. ''Finnish Cinema: A Transnational Enterprise''. Springer, 2016. * Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti (ed.) ''Nordic National Cinemas''. Routledge, 2005. * Qvist, Per Olov & Von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. * Von Bagh, Peter. ''Drifting Shadows: A Guide to the Finnish Cinema''. Otava, 2000.

External links

* 1942 films Finnish thriller films 1940s thriller films 1940s Finnish-language films Films directed by Ilmari Unho Finnish black-and-white films Finnish sequel films {{Finland-film-stub fi:Kuollut mies rakastuu