The Harvest Month
19561h 34mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 5, 1956
- Original language
- Finnish
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Fennada-Filmi
- Cast
- Toivo Mäkelä,Emma Väänänen,Rauni Luoma,Aino-Maija Tikkanen,Rauni Ikäheimo,Senni Nieminen,Heikki Savolainen,Tauno Kajander,Sylvi Salonen,Topi Kankainenand 12 more
- Director
- Matti Kassila
- Writer
- Matti Kassila,F.E. Sillanpää
- Producer
- Mauno Mäkelä
- Cinematography
- Esko Nevalainen
- Music
- Ahti Sonninen
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0125730