

Kesäillan valssi
Genres
Overview
A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri Alanko and the daughter of the rich Grahn family Annina. Annina’s family doesn’t approve of the relationship, and the couple’s happiness is also threatened by Lauri’s worsening eye disease.
Details
Budget
$4316899
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
1951-10-05
Status
Released
Original Language
Finnish
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
Annina Grahn
Leif Wager
Lauri Alanko
Salli Karuna
Mrs. Grahn
Uuno Laakso
Mr. Grahn
Aino Lohikoski
Aunt Linda
Reino Valkama
Manu Kallio
Toini Vartiainen
Else Mattila
Ekke Hämäläinen
Karl-Erik Grahn
Sirkka Osmala
Lea Qvist
Heikki Savolainen
Lennart
Martti Similä
Maestro
Rauha Puntti
Marjaana
Elli Ylimaa
Ossi Korhonen
Butler
Osmo Pöntinen
Paavo Hukkinen
Rent collector
Rauni Luoma
Henna Kallio
Toivo Lahti
Kaarlo Wilska
Yard musician
Kerttu Salmi
Landlady
Mai-Brit Heljo
Birger Kortman
Laina Laine
Pirkko Raitio
Emil Vinermo
3.3
Passion
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6.8
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
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6.3
The Broken Butterfly
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0.0
Bye Sweet Carole
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7.1
Humoresque
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7.6
Maurice
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
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0.0
Angèle, Virtuoso
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8.0
Amadeus
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7.5
Night on Earth
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4.5
About the Looking for and the Finding of Love
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8.4
The Pianist
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2002-09-17 | en
7.2
As It Is in Heaven
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2004-09-03 | sv
0.0
Záveje
1972-03-09 | sk
4.5
Donde mueren las palabras
An old timbal performer in a puppet theater has a secret past.
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7.4
The Man Without a Past
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2002-03-01 | fi
6.6
Hamlet Goes Business
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?
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7.4
Once
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
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4.7
Dark Glasses
Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.
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7.0
Mr. Holland's Opus
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
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5.8
Mr. Jones
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