Sensuela

Sensuela
Directed by	Teuvo Tulio
Produced by	Teuvo Tulio
Written by	Teuvo Tulio, Yrjö Norta
Based on	The Stationmaster by Alexander Pushkin
Starring	Marianne Mardi Mauritz Åkerman Ossi Elstelä Ismo Saario
Music by	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cinematography	Teuvo Tulio, Yrjö Norta
Edited by	Yrjö Norta
Production company	Suomi-Filmi Oy
Distributed by	Suomi-Filmi Oy
Release dates	29 May 1973
Running time	110 minutes (original version) 105 minutes (cut version)
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish, English

Sensuela is a 1972 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.^[1] 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".^[2] Although the production was finished in 1972, it was not released until a year later and then opened only in selected theatres.

Plot

Sensuela is the story of Laila, a girl from Lapland, and Hans, a German soldier, who fall in love during Continuation War.^[3]

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

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