''Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee'' (AKA''The Mother-in-Law Cometh'') is a 1933 Finnish comedy film directed by

Erkki Karu Erkki Karu (born Erland Fredrik Kumlander) (10 April 1887 – 8 December 1935) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers of the Finnish cinema. Career Karu was born and died in Helsinki. He started his ...

and starring Mia Backman, Uuno Laakso and

Georg Malmstén Georg Malmstén (27 June 1902 – 25 May 1981) was a Finnish singer, musician, composer, orchestra conductor and actor. He was one of the most prolific entertainers in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic cou ...

. It was based on a popular stage farce '' My Wife's Family'' by

Fred Duprez Fred Duprez (September 6, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was an American actor, comedian and singer who performed in vaudeville, phonograph record and film. He made phonograph recordings in the US and the UK in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s. Most of t ...

. There were three British film versions of the play, in

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...

, and

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

. It had also been filmed previously in Sweden in

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

, and it was the popularity of this which led to the Finnish version being made.

References

1933 films 1933 comedy films 1930s Finnish-language films Finnish comedy films Finnish black-and-white films Finnish films based on plays Remakes of British films Suomi-Filmi films 1930s Finnish films Finnish-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub