''Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' stylized as ''Aatamin puvussa... ja vähän Eevankin'' is a novel by the Finnish writer

Yrjö Soini Yrjö Vilho Soini (17 July 1896 – 6 February 1975) was a Finnish journalist, novelist and playwright, who used the pen name Agapetus. His humorous works enjoyed wide popularity in Finland during the 20th century and several of them have been a ...

, under his pen name Agapetus. It was published in 1928.

Film adaptations

The popular book has been subject to a number of film adaptations. The first was by Finnish film director Jaakko Korhonen in

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becoming the first Finnish sound film. The second was in

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directed by Finnish director Ossi Elstelä. In

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, a version destined for the West German market was released. The film was directed by Franz M. Lang. A more recent adaptation was in

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when

Matti Kassila Matti Kassila (12 January 1924 – 13 December 2018) was a Finnish film director who achieved fame as one of the most prominent Finnish filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for the series of four Inspector Palmu movies, based on t ...

wrote a storyline based on the novel and directed the film starring

Heikki Kinnunen Heikki Kinnunen (born in Raahe) is a Finland, Finnish actor, who became well known in the beginning of the 1970s in the comedy program ''Ällitälli''. Kinnunen was known specially for his roles in comedy films and -series. He has played the lead ...

and Juha Hyppönen.

References

{{reflist 1928 novels 1920s Finnish novels