"Minä elän"

"Minä elän"

1946 · 115 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, History

The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.

Directed by Ilmari Unho · Written by Elsa Soini

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