Unemployed girl shoplifts in department store. Son of a wealthy family notice the shoplifting but won't turn her in. After awhile they are seen together and press thinks they are engaged.
Acting
Heidi Krohn's desperate-to-charming transformation carries the whole film.
Production
Authentic mid-century retail spaces captured in crisp black-and-white.
Director
Sakari Jurkka
Heidi Krohn
Leena
Matti Oravisto
Lauri Huurros
Eija Karipää
Reporter Salava
Paavo Jännes
Professor Möller
Arvo Lehesmaa
Professor Örn
Fritz-Hugo Backman
Klaus Huurros
Aku Korhonen
Männikkö, editor of Iltatorvi
Heikki Savolainen
Butler
Matti Lehtelä
Kössi
Leo Riuttu
Doctor Jurvanto
Kerttu Salmi
Mrs. Jonsson
Matti Aulos
Store manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1950s Finnish cinema often used class conflict as romantic engine; this adapts that formula with lighter touch than contemporaries.
Director Sakari Jurkka was primarily a celebrated stage actor; this remains one of his few directorial efforts, shot quickly between theater seasons.
FI
