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Scarlet Week

Scarlet Week

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DramaRomance

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After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the now deserted island, he meets a beautiful woman camping alone and sunbathing in the nude on the beach. A hot romance flares up between the worker and the more upper-class married lady, lasting through the light-filled nights of the whole summer week until the woman's much older husband returns to the island the next weekend.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Runtime

79 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

28 February 1954

Country

Finland

Cast

Gunvor Sandkvist

Gunvor Sandkvist

Siiri Forss

Matti Oravisto

Matti Oravisto

Usko Siltanen

Toivo Mäkelä

Toivo Mäkelä

Bertel Forss

Paavo Hukkinen

Paavo Hukkinen

Usko's 1st Pal

Kauko Laurikainen

Kauko Laurikainen

Usko's 2nd Pal

Juhani Kumpulainen

Juhani Kumpulainen

Agitator

Kaarlo Saarnio

Kaarlo Saarnio

Usher

Leo Jokela

Leo Jokela

Usko's 3rd Pal

Matti Kassila

Matti Kassila

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Maija Autio

Maija Autio

(uncredited)

Ulla Sandqvist

Ulla Sandqvist

(uncredited)

Armas Jokio

Armas Jokio

(uncredited)

Eva Hellas

Eva Hellas

(uncredited)

Anu Kilpiö

Anu Kilpiö

(uncredited)

Annikki Linnoila

Annikki Linnoila

(uncredited)

William Reunanen

William Reunanen

(uncredited)

Eero Kilpi

Eero Kilpi

(uncredited)

Olavi Suominen

Olavi Suominen

(uncredited)

Jukka Laurin

Jukka Laurin

(uncredited)

Runar Tuurno

Runar Tuurno

(uncredited)

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