Miesmalli

Miesmalli

1944 · 92 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy, Romance

A romantic comedy about a writer coming back to Finland is bored with the High Society life and starts a modeling job for a young and beautiful painter Ilona. Dressed as a vagabond, he soon starts to please Ilona and her many lady friends as shows quick learning skills and soon shows great knowledge of history, art, and literature.

Directed by Ossi Elstelä · Written by Olavi Karu

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