''Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit'' (''The Test-tube Adult and Simo's Angels'') is a 1979 Finnish comedy film directed, written and starring

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, along with the typical comic-cast of

Simo Salminen Simo Veli Atte Salminen (8 November 1932 – 2 September 2015) was a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen, usually playing his sidekick in some fashion. Salminen alongside Vesa-M ...

Vesa-Matti Loiri Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri (4 January 1945 – 10 August 2022) was a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004. According to Yle Ne ...

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and

Olavi Ahonen Kauko Olavi Ahonen (21 July 1923 in Tikkakoski – 1 September 2000 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor. Ahonen first appeared in film in 1954 and made many appearances in Finnish film between then and 1997. He also appeared in ma ...

. Similar to his debut film ''

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'', Pasanen portrays a dual-role. Because Spede struggled to find funding for his movies throughout the 1970s, the film is only his second feature to be filmed entirely in colour (also his third film over-all to be filmed in colour). ''

Leikkikalugangsteri ''Leikkikalugangsteri'' (English: ''The Toy Gangster'') is a 1969 comedy directed by Ere Kokkonen, written and starring Spede Pasanen. It was released the same year as Spede's '' Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut'' and '' Pohjan tähteet''. ...

'' was filmed principally in black and white with the film's ending being in colour, while '' Pohjantähteet'' (released the same year) was the first Spede film to be entirely in colour.Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit
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(in Finnish)

Plot summary

Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen (Pasanen) is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger, which he got by scratching his head. He is then cloned into a "test-tube adult", a play on the phrase '' test-tube child'', named ''Richard Ilyevitch Jyrä'' by his creator, father and mother, Dr. Jyrä (Hämäläinen), his name is intended to appeal to both American and Soviet sensibilities. Loiri and Ahonen play the roles of gangsters attempting to kidnap Jyrä and/or Mutikainen, thinking they are the same person. Both would reprise their roles for 1980's '' Tup-akka-lakko''. Additionally Loiri portrays a slew of characters such as a drunk hockey-fan attempting to get to

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and making a guest-appearance as

Uuno Turhapuro Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appeared in ''Spede Show'' during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films. Dramatis personae ...

at the end. Simo Salminen once more plays a character named after himself who is the head of a detective agency called ''Simon Enkelit'' (an obvious take on ''

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''). The angels were portrayed by

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, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Ritva Vepsä and Merja Tammi.

References

External links

* 1979 films Spede Pasanen 1970s Finnish-language films 1979 comedy films Finnish comedy films {{Finland-film-stub