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

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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