Onnellinen ministeri

Onnellinen ministeri

1941 · 125 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Romance

An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".

Directed by T.J. Särkkä · Written by Turo Kartto

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Birgit Kronström Margit Helleheimo
Tauno Palo Kalevi Kari
Sven Relander Helleheimo
Thure Bahne Alfons Hilpeläinen
Toppo Elonperä Bruno Benjamin Blomster
Sirkka Sipilä Irma
Ossi Elstelä Ferdinand Oikero
Hugo Hytönen Wilson
Maire Valtonen Ad-Agency Girl
Raija Valtonen Ad-Agency Girl
Vera Valtonen Ad-Agency Girl
Eine Helke-Viljanen Kekka (uncredited)

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