martedì 11 agosto 2020

Laugh or die - Heikki Kujanpä

 

il film è ambientato durante la guerra civile finlandese, nel 1918, che fece almeno 40000 morti (qui).

non si tratta di un campo di concentramento, ma quasi.

l’odioso comandante fa una scommessa con degli attori di teatro, soprattutto con Parikka, o faranno riderei tedeschi in visita, o la morte sarà sicura.

un film sconosciuto che merita.

secondo me Jerry Lewis l’avrebbe apprezzato.

buona visione - Ismaele

 

 

In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp’s vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: The prisoners have to perform a play - and if they can make the visiting general laugh, they will be spared. Due to the brutal conditions within the camp, this goal seems to be impossible to reach. But after some time, even the commandant’s wife starts to sympathise with the prisoners, watching them rehearsing dressed up in woman’s clothes.

da qui

 

A group of prisoners sentenced to death strive to put together a comical theater play. Their intention is to entertain the guards and the commander of the German troops, who is visiting the jail —if they succeed, they won’t be executed. The cast is leaded by Toivo Paikka, once considered the funniest man in Finland. With dark humor and grotesque situations, the film shows mankind in a comical light.

da qui

 

 


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