The Village Shoemakers
About The Village Shoemakers
Topias the shoemaker pushes his son Esko into a country match. The household's schemes, and Esko's own blunders, wreck the wedding plans the family has laid.
Cast & crew
More about The Village Shoemakers
Erkki Karu directed, produced, and edited. Artturi Järviluoma wrote it from Aleksis Kivi's 1864 play Heath Cobblers. Kurt Jäger and Frans Ekebom photographed it. It opened on November 11, 1923, at the Bio-Bio and Edison theaters in Helsinki. Studio work was on Vironkatu. Exteriors were in Pilpala and Hunsala, in Loppi. Wikipedia gives 83 minutes. Axel Slangus plays Esko. Adolf Lindfors plays Sepeteus. Alarik Korhonen plays Topias. It was also sent to Sweden and Norway. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Making
Karu shot the village scenes in Loppi and the interiors on Vironkatu.
Look
Kurt Jäger and Frans Ekebom shot the Loppi villages and the wedding mix-ups.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Finnish title is Nummisuutarit. The Swedish title is Sockenskomakarne.
- Kirsti Suonio plays Martta. Antero Suonio plays Iivari. Juho Puls plays Niko.
- It drew well, and still less than Karu's Koskenlaskijan morsian the same year.
- A circulating copy runs 1 hour 27 minutes.
Scenes
- Topias sends Esko out as the bridegroom.
- The match collapses in the village.
Influenced by
- Aleksis Kivi's Heath Cobblers (1864)
