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1988 Finnish film
The Glory and Misery of Human Life
Original Finnish film poster.
Directed byMatti Kassila
Written byMatti Kassila
Based onIhmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
by F.E. Sillanpää
Produced byPäivi Hartzell
StarringLasse Pöysti,
Liisamaija Laaksonen,
Tuula Nyman,
Antti Litja
Music byJukka Linkola
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time96 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The Glory and Misery of Human Life (Finnish: Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus) is a 1988 Finnish drama film directed and written by Matti Kassila starring Lasse Pöysti, Liisamaija Laaksonen and Tuula Nyman. It is based on the novel by F.E. Sillanpää.

The film is Jasper Pääkkönen's debut role, when he was seven years old at the time. The film also features Samuli Edelmann in one of his first film roles.

Plot

The film is starring writer Martti Hongisto (Lasse Pöysti), who goes out to meet Anna (Liisamaija Laaksonen) after loving her youth and reminiscing about his past youth. Meanwhile, Hongisto's wife Laimi (Tuula Nyman) is searching for her husband in restaurants.

Cast

Awards

Jussi 1989:

References

  1. "Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus". Elonet (in Finnish). 18 July 2023.
  2. "Muistatko tämän 80-luvun klassikkoleffan? Jasper Pääkkönen teki ensimmäisen leffaroolin 7-vuotiaana". Mesta.net (in Finnish). April 11, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

External links

Films directed by Matti Kassila
Feature films


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