One Man's Fate (1940)
- Original title
- Miehen tie
- Directed by
- Nyrki Tapiovaara
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Finland
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- K-16
- Rating
- 4.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A farmer named Paavo loses his wife in childbirth. Her family takes back her dowry, and he starts drinking heavily, beginning a downward spiral.
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What happens
One Man's Fate (Finnish: Miehen tie) is a 1940 Finnish drama film directed by Hugo Hytönen and Nyrki Tapiovaara and starring Gunnar Hiilloskorpi, Mirjami Kuosmanen, and Hytönen. It follows the downward spiral of the farmer Paavo after his wife dies in childbirth, her family reclaims their dowry, and he resorts to drinking. It is based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Frans Eemil Sillanpää, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tapiovaara. The film was Tapiovaara's last. He left the film unfinished when he—after several rejections due to his left-wing political background—was accepted into the Finnish army and died in the Winter War. The film was finished by the producer Erik Blomberg, Blomberg's wife Kuosmanen, and the actor and director Hytönen. The film was shot between the winter of 1939 and the summer of 1940 in Hämeenkyrö and Tampere. It was released on 1 September 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Tree Without Fruit (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.