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Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958)

Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla poster
Directed by
Armand Lohikoski
Genre
comedy
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
S
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Pekka and Pätkä travel to Suez for a silly adventure. The movie was made on a small budget using props like cardboard palm trees and a sandpit for the desert location.

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What happens

Pekka and Pätkä at Suez (Finnish: Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla) (1958) is the tenth film in the Pekka Puupää series, directed and written by Armand Lohikoski. This series, produced by Suomen Filmiteollisuus, includes thirteen films released between 1953 and 1960. Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla follows the previous film Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä. The scenes set in Suez were filmed in a sandpit in Seutula, with cardboard palm trees, sand mounds for pyramids, and steamships pulled through a puddle. Contemporary critics initially believed the film was shot on location in Suez, and some complained about the monotonous scenery. The steamship scene was reused footage from Rantasalmen sulttaani filmed in Morocco in 1953. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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