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Mies elää (1968)

Mies elää poster
Directed by
Ere Kokkonen
Country
Finland
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This is a Finnish television play from 1968 based on a stage comedy. It satirizes a fictional Bureau of Scientific Production where people try to survive the jungle of bureaucracy.

satiricalwrybureaucraticdeadpanabsurddatedcerebral

What happens

Mies elää on suomalainen televisionäytelmä vuodelta 1968. Se perustuu James O’Toolen näytelmään Man Alive, jonka on suomentanut Juhani Jaskari. Televisiosovituksen ohjasi Ere Kokkonen. Mustavalkoinen komedia kertoo satiirin keinoin kuvitteellisesta Tieteellisen tuotannon virastosta, jonka byrokratian viidakossa ihmiset yrittävät selviytyä. Elokuva ensiesitettiin helmikuussa 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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