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Viu-hah hah-taja

1974 · 83 min

A silly, fast-moving Finnish comedy of mistaken identities and oddball aliens, played broad and light with little to take seriously.

Overview
The invisible UFO men Giljotin and Orvaskesi land on Earth and take on the appearance of the first people they encounter, Mr. Tossavais and psychiatrist Pehmeäleff. The eccentric professor takes the alien devices he has found to his laboratory, where one of the components ends up with Joona Maaperä, a manager suffering from stress, causing him to behave strangely.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • madness
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour7
    Realism3
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight1

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Ere Kokkonen
    Written by
    Spede Pasanen, Ere Kokkonen
    Starring
    Leo Lastumäki, Jyrki Kovaleff, Seppo Laine, Pentti Siimes, Anna-Liisa Ruotsi, Mai-Brit Heljo, Anitta Niemi, Ville-Veikko Salminen
    Music
    Juha Tapaninen
    Cinematography
    Kari Sohlberg
    Runtime
    83 min
    Country
    Finland
    Languages
    Finnish

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