Plot
"Beautiful Veera" was a ballad of Tatu Pekkarinen in 40s. He wrote a famous play with same name and theme, too. When Ville Salminen directed the movie version of the play in 1950, it collected nearly one million spectators (which is MUCH in Finland).At the start of the 20th century, a tar-boat "Princess Armada" sails on a lake Saimaa and visits in St. Petersburg, too. With the sailors there is a gypsy girl Veera (beautiful Assi Nortia) in the boat and she is escaping her family. More tension to the boat brings a Finnish officer who is chased by Russian army.Music is the best part of the movie which consists few great songs by a Finnish quartet, "Kipparikvartetti". Some actors just can't act. Olavi Virta is one of the best singers of all time in Finland, but one can have many opinions considering his acting skills. Especially Assi Nortia and Uuno Laakso as an old sailor are good. A gypsy camp in the start of the movie is a fine sight.If you like old Finnish movies you ought to see this.
Written by
Tatu Pekkarinen, Ville Salminen, T.J. Särkkä
Directed by
Ville Salminen
Crew
Production Countries
Finland
Production Companies
Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Languages
suomi
Awards
1 win