Esa "Flies" to Kuopio

Esa "Flies" to Kuopio (Finnish: Lentävä kalakukko, Swedish: Esa "flyger" till Kuopio) is a 1953 Finnish comedy crime film directed by Ville Salminen and starring Esa Pakarinen, Mai-Brit Heljo and Siiri Angerkoski.

Esa "Flies" to Kuopio
Original Finnish film poster.
Directed by	Ville Salminen
Written by	Reino Helismaa
Produced by	T.J. Särkkä
Starring	Esa Pakarinen Mai-Brit Heljo Siiri Angerkoski
Cinematography	Kauno Laine
Edited by	Armas Vallasvuo
Music by	Toivo Kärki
Production company	Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Distributed by	Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Release date	13 March 1953 (1953-03-13)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

The film takes place in February 1946. Viski-Ville, Läski-Leevi and Kello-Kalle, the members of Kulaus-Ramperi's bandit, make an unfortunate burglary and flee from Helsinki to Kuopio on a train express called the Flying Kalakukko (Finnish: Lentävä Kalakukko). The police get a clue about the bandits' escape route. The fast-paced conductor Samuli Saastamoinen (Esa Pakarinen) is also a train detective who trying to capture them. Masa Niemi plays a small crook, Läski-Leevi, who has an annoying myokymia.

Cast

• Esa Pakarinen as Samuli Saastamoinen, Train detective
• Mai-Brit Heljo as Pretty-Molly
• Siiri Angerkoski as Jenni
• Kullervo Kalske as Yrjö
• Armas Jokio as Aleksi
• Leo Lähteenmäki as Kulaus-Ramperi / Detective Saastamoinen
• Matti Aulos
• Irja Rannikko as Taimi Töikkä
• Hannes Veivo as Kello-Kalle
• Masa Niemi as Leevi Lindroos / Läski-Leevi
• Pentti Irjala as Lumberjack in Train
• Eino Kaipainen as Chief Constable Räikkönen
• Kauko Kokkonen as Police
• Nestori Lampi as Hungry Passenger
• Heimo Lepistö as Lumberjack in Train
• Veikko Linna as Conductor Laitinen
• Esko Mannermaa as Station-master
• Lasse Pihlajamaa as Accordionist
• Holger Salin as Train Constable
• Ville Salminen as Vilho Adolf Napoleon Rötkö / Viski-Ville

See also

• Pekka Puupää (film)

Bibliography

• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• Esa "Flies" to Kuopio at IMDb