Slumbering Tones
Finland in the late 1950s. A touring theatre company travels the countryside and play English light comedies. But the audience fails.
Finland in the late 1950s. A touring theatre company travels the countryside and play English light comedies. But the audience fails.
Nils Brandt
The laughing man
Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
Angelika
Anna-Yrsa Falenius
Betty
Peder Falk
Sten
Bodil Mannheimer
Inga
Paavo Piskonen
Gustav
Finland in the late 1950s. A touring theatre company travels the countryside and play English light comedies. But the audience fails.
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