''Sensuela'' is a 1973 Finnish drama film directed and written by
Teuvo Tulio. The film is based on Tulio's 1946 film ''Rakkauden risti'' which itself was based on ''The Stationmaster'', a short story written by
Alexander Pushkin. ''Sensuela'' was Tulio's final film, and it was met with harsh criticism. Since its release, it has gained a reputation as a campy cult classic and has been called "the weirdest Finnish film ever made". Although the production was finished in 1972, it was not released until a year later and then opened only in selected theatres.
Premise
''Sensuela'' is the story of Laila, a girl from
Lapland
Lapland may refer to:
Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
, and Hans, a German soldier, who fall in love during the
Continuation War.
Main cast
*Marianne Mardi as Laila Walk
*Mauritz Åkerman as Hans Müller
*Ismo Saario as Pekka
*Ossi Elstelä as Laila's father
*Maria Pertamo as Greta Kujala
Release
''Sensuela'' was the first film to be rated 18 by the
Finnish Board of Film Classification. After its initial release, Tulio prevented the film's subsequent distribution, and it only became available after his death in 2000.
See also
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''The Hair'' (film)
References
External links
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1973 films
1970s erotic drama films
Finnish erotic drama films
1970s Finnish-language films
English-language Finnish films
Films directed by Teuvo Tulio
Obscenity controversies in film
1973 drama films
Films based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin
1970s English-language films
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