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Tweet, Tweet (Finnish: Tirlittan) is a 1958 Finnish children's film directed and written by Maunu Kurkvaara and starring Tarja Airaksinen. It is based on the 1953 children's book Tirlittan by Oiva Paloheimo.

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Directed byMaunu Kurkvaara
Produced byMaunu Kurkvaara
Written byMaunu Kurkvaara
Based onTirlittan
by Oiva Paloheimo
StarringTarja Airaksinen,
Kaarina Koskinen,
Heikki Savolainen
Music byLeonid Bashmakov
CinematographyMaunu Kurkvaara
Edited byMaunu Kurkvaara
Production
company
Kurkvaara-Filmi Oy
Distributed byValio-Filmi Oy
Release date
11.21.1958
Running time
76 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The film didn't prove to be a success. It was left in a weak position, as it was not perceived as a children's film, nor as an adult film. The technical quality of the film was also poor and the remarks of the film had to be recorded afterwards. In addition to all this, Paloheimo, who wrote the book, did not appreciate Kurkvaara's film adaptation either.[1]

The film has been shot in Helsinki, Nurmijärvi, Hollola and Heinola.[1]

Plot

Young Tirlittan (Tarja Airaksinen) gets rid of her family after being struck by lightning in her home. While looking for a new home, she meets a friendly policeman (Heikki Savolainen), a woman with gout (Sylva Rossi), and a ringmaster (Sakari Jurkka), with whom Tirlittan ends up performing in a circus.

Cast
  • Tarja Airaksinen as Tirlittan
  • Kaarina Koskinen as market woman
  • Heikki Savolainen as policeman
  • Heimo Lepistö as police chief
  • Ari Laine as host
  • Mirjam Himberg as Emma, hostess
  • Maria Heikkonen as old woman
  • Sylva Rossi as gout woman
  • Teuvo Juuti as circus man
  • Tommi Rinne as shooting gallery man
  • Sakari Jurkka as ringmaster
  • Sinikka Hannula as circus woman
  • Pertti Roisko as clown
  • Leena Häkinen as nurse
  • Pehr-Olof Sirén as father / narrator
  • Tuija Halonen as mother
  • Maunu Kurkvaara as doctor (uncredited)
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References
  1. "Tirlittan (1958)". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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