Ylijäämänainen (in person: Kyllikki Forssell) (nitrate print screened at 2005 Turku Festival of Finnish Film)

Roland af Hällström: Ylijäämänainen (FI 1951). Kyllikki Forssell (Ella Qvist).

Stulen kärlek / [Stolen Love]. FI 1951. PC: Fennada. P: Mauno Mäkelä. D: Roland af Hällström. SC: Jussi Talvi. DP: Esko Töyri. PD: Ville Hänninen. M: Tapio Ilomäki. "Otshi tshornie", also sung by Tauno Palo ("Mustat silmät"). ED: Armas Laurinen. Location: Stockmann Department Store. Starring Asta Backman (Laura Kari), Tauno Palo (Lennart Qvist), Kyllikki Forssell (Ella Qvist), Saara Ranin (Alli Ikäheimo). 77 min. Swedish subtitles. Glimmering nitrate print with a good definition of light. Presented by Kyllikki Forssell. Viewed at Domino, Turku Festival of Finnish Film, 9 April 2005. "Finn noir" with strong visualization by Hällström. High melodrama about a man playing with the hearts of women. The heroine is a department store clerk, also fighting a manager's unwanted advances. Good actors, violent turns, exciting montages, expressive images and objects, Zeitgeist appeal in a story covering the years 1939 till the present.

My blog entries on Ylijäämänainen

10 April 2005  Ylijäämänainen (35 mm nitrate print at Turku Festival of Finnish Film, in person: Kyllikki Forssell)

21 May 2008  Ylijäämänainen (16 mm print at Orion)