''Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi'' (''The Marital Crisis of Uuno Turhapuro'') is a

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1981 comedy film written by

Spede Pasanen Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor. During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV p ...

and directed by

Ere Kokkonen Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen (7 July 1938 – 16 October 2008), born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director, writer and also ...

. It is the sixth film in the ''

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 ...

'' series, and it is the first ''Uuno Turhapuro'' film in color, while the previous ones were still black and white due to budgetary reasons.Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi
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(in Finnish) ''Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi'' was the biggest audience success of 1981 and the most successful ''Uuno Turhapuro'' film after '' Lottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro'' despite the fact that, like the previous parts, the critics had a very negative attitude towards the film. The film premiered on Mainostelevisio on April 8, 1984, when it was seen by more than 1,5 million viewers.''Suomen kansallisfilmografia'' (Vol 9), p. 90–94. Helsinki:

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, 2000. ISBN 951-37-2677-0. (in Finnish)

Plot

Uuno (

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 ...

) has such a good sense of smell that he can smell through the window glass blindfolded what all the food is behind the glass. The police becomes interested in Uuno when he uses his sense of smell to help the police catch a thief. The police take Uuno as a student at the police dog school. The media publicity brought by this makes Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura (

Tapio Hämäläinen Eemil Tapio "Tapsa" Hämäläinen (18 June 1922, in Uukuniemi – 28 January 2008, in Helsinki) was a Finnish actor and theater counsellor. Career Hämäläinen's best known roles were as Salo in '' The Unknown Soldier'' (''The Unknown Soldier'') ...

), extremely nervous, considering the fact that this is mainly a reputational loss for him. This causes Tuura to plot the destruction of his daughter Elisabeth ( Marjatta Raita) and Uuno's marriage, which is already in the worst crisis ever. For this, Tuura plans to use his beautiful secretary ( Elli Castrén) and the "professional lover" (

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) as aids. At the same time, as a kind of side plot of the film, Uuno's friends Härski Hartikainen (

) and Sörsselssön (

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- ...

) tease the foremen with salary changes.

References

External links

* 1981 films 1980s Finnish-language films Spede Pasanen {{Finland-film-stub