Nummisuutarit

The third filming of the famous play is also the first to make this story look more garish than ever - not less because of this time "Nummisuutarit" can be seen the very first time in shining colors! It was just a question of time when Suomi-Filmi's routine director Valentin Vaala, who was on the top of his career, was ordered to re-direct this tale once more. The direction and the use of music is decent (as it should be) but Vaala fails to keep up the speed it would need to roll the comic aspects through as it stands.

After all the most interesting point to look at is the work of Martti Kuningas in the leading role. The energetic character lifts this version up near it's forerunner from 1923.