The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hospital, where the hero does not have to spend too much time until he escapes. The miller takes to the woods near his home but there he is constantly harassed by the chief of the police with his posse.
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta
Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Eija Ahvo, Yrjö Järvinen, Harri Tirkkonen, Ahti Kuoppala, Juha Muje, Olavi Ahonen, Aarre Karén
The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hospital, where the hero does not have to spend too much time until he escapes. The miller takes to the woods near his home but there he is constantly harassed by the chief of the police with his posse.
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The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers deci…
1h 40m
November 5, 1982
Jaakko Pakkasvirta
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Eija Ahvo, Yrjö Järvinen
Comedy, Drama