Kesäillan valssi

Oct 5, 1951

1h 37m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Music

Production Companies

Suomi-Filmi

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Cast

Annina Grahn

Eeva-Kaarina Volanen

Lauri Alanko

Leif Wager

Mrs. Grahn

Salli Karuna

Mr. Grahn

Uuno Laakso

Aunt Linda

Aino Lohikoski

Manu Kallio

Reino Valkama

Else Mattila

Toini Vartiainen

Karl-Erik Grahn

Ekke Hämäläinen

Lea Qvist

Sirkka Osmala

Lennart

Heikki Savolainen

Maestro

Martti Similä

Marjaana

Rauha Puntti

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