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It Began in the Rain (1953)

It Began in the Rain poster
Original title
Se alkoi sateessa
Directed by
Thure Bahne, Eddie Stenberg
Genre
thriller film
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
S
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two people get caught up in a small adventure that starts during a rainstorm. The film follows their misadventures as they try to sort out a puzzling situation.

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What happens

It Began in the Rain (Finnish: Se alkoi sateessa) is a 1953 Finnish comedy thriller film directed by Thure Bahne and Eddie Stenberg and starring Eila Peitsalo, Tauno Palo and Kaarlo Halttunen. The film's sets were designed by Aarre Koivisto. It is based on the 1943 play Pikku seikkailu (lit. 'Little adventure') by Elsa Soini. The production of the film was problematic. Eddie Stenberg was originally hired to direct the film, but in the middle of production the director was changed to Thure Bahne. It is known that producer T. J. Särkkä was also involved in completing the direction of the film. Särkkä later stated in his own words, that the film turned out to be "damn bad". In the evaluations of contemporary critics, it was generally stated that the change of makers has affected the final result of the film, and later in connection with the film's television premiere, it was assessed that "nothing works in the film, not the drama, not the characters, not to mention the directing." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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