''A Night in Rio'' (Finnish: ''Rion yö'') is a 1951 Finnish

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...

directed by

Ville Salminen Veikko Oskari Ville Salminen (2 October 1908, Mariehamn – 28 November 1992, Quarteira) was a Finland, Finnish film actor, director, writer and producer. He was the father of comedic actor Ville-Veikko Salminen and cinematographer Timo Salminen. ...

and starring Assi Nortia, Leif Wager and

Tapio Rautavaara Kaj Tapio Rautavaara (8 March 1915 – 25 September 1979) was a Finnish singer (bass-baritone), athlete and film actor. Life Early years Tapio Rautavaara was born in the municipality of Pirkkala (now Nokia, Finland, Nokia), a suburb of the ...

.Qvist & von Bagh p.260

Cast

* Assi Nortia as Carmen Conchita * Leif Wager as Lefa *

as Tapsa *

Lasse Pöysti Lasse Erik Pöysti (; 24 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a Finnish actor, director, theatre manager and writer. He was born in Sortavala. Biography Pöysti began his career as a child actor, becoming known to the Finnish public as Olli Su ...

as Lasse *

as Don Jose * Rauni Luoma as Donna Lola * Reino Valkama as Mikko * Yrjö Ikonen as Miguel * Birger Kortman * Rakel Laakso * Matti Lehtelä * Veikko Linna as Chef * Otto Noro * Heikki Savolainen * Oke Tuuri as Pedro * Kauko Vuorensola * Kaarlo Wilska as Police

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 musical comedy films Finnish musical comedy films 1950s Finnish-language films 1950s Finnish films Films directed by Ville Salminen Finnish black-and-white films {{Finland-film-stub