The Village Shoemakers (1923)

19231h 11mdir. Erkki KaruFinnishFinlandcomedy film

With Axel Slangus, Anton Soini, Tyko Sallinen, Artturi Järviluoma, Sven Relander, Martti Tuukka, Kaarlo Kari, Konrad Tallroth

Directed by Erkki Karu

The Village Shoemakers still

The Village Shoemakers (Finnish: Nummisuutarit, Swedish: Sockenskomakarne) is a Finnish silent comedy film made in 1923, directed and produced by Erkki Karu, written by Artturi Järviluoma and starred by Axel Slangus. The film is based on the 1864 play Heath Cobblers, written by Aleksis Kivi, and is the first of several film versions of the play.

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