Summary In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the imprisoners have to perform a comedy - and if they can make the visiting general laugh, they will be spared. A story about zest for life and power of laughter. Based on true events. View more details
Directed : Heikki Kujanpää
Written : Heikki Kujanpää Mikko Reitala
Stars : Leena Pöysti Martti Suosalo Jani Volanen Paavo Kinnunen
Genres : Drama History War
Release date : Mar 15, 2018
Countries of origin : Finland Sweden
Language : German Finnish
Filming locations : Kauppatori, Helsinki, Finland
Production companies : Inland Film Company Ljudbang
Summary In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the imprisoners have to perform a comedy - and if they can make the visiting general laugh, they will be spared. A story about zest for life and power of laughter. Based on true events. View more details
Genres : Drama History War
Release date : Mar 15, 2018
Countries of origin : Finland Sweden
Language : German Finnish
Filming locations : Kauppatori, Helsinki, Finland
Production companies : Inland Film Company Ljudbang
