The Betrothal of Student Pöllövaara

11m
Comedy
5

The silent comedy The Engagement of a Student in the Oak Tree (1920) is the first film by producer-director-screenwriter Erkki Karu. It has survived in parts, but there is no more detailed information about its plot. The film was filmed in Tampere and Teisko in the summer of 1919, as was its parallel work Sotagulashi Kaiun järitty kesäloma (1920).

Cast

Väinö Lehmus
Student Pöllövaara
Elli Karu
The Betrothed Bride
Martti Tuukka
Engagement Judge
Elsa Aarni
The Judge's Wife
Erkki Karu
Butler

Crew

Erkki Karu
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Set Designer
Frans Ekebom
Editor, Director of Photography
Martti Tuukka
Set Designer

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