Genre:
Comedy

Synopsis:
Pekka ja Pätkä is the name of several comedy films produced by Suomen Filmiteollisuus in the 1950s in Finland, based on the popular Finnish comic characters Pekka Puupää (played by Esa Pakarinen) and Pätkä (Masa Niemi). The director of the first movie was Ville Salminen and the rest of the movies are directed by Armand Lohikoski, except for the last one which was directed by Aarne Tarkas based on the comic books. Screenplays were written mostly by Reino Helismaa.
Pekka Puupää is a tall and lanky man who lives in Helsinki with his strict and controlling wife Justiina (played by Siiri Angerkoski). He is a very kind man but probably not the sharpest knife in the drawer. In addition to his height, his most recognizable feature is the daisy attached to his hat. His name could be translated as "Peter Blockhead". In the films he speaks with a distinct Savo dialect which adds hilarity to his character. Pekka's best friend Pätkä is a short and stocky man, whose past is not known. He is apparently single and has no surname. He knows many sayings and usually utters them whenever he has the chance to do so. He is the more intelligent member of the pair.
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Casts:
Esa Pakarinen ... Pekka Puupää
Masa Niemi ... Pätkä
Siiri Angerkoski ... Justiina Puupää

Runtime:
about 70/80 min (13 movies)

The Complete Movie Serie:
Pekka Puupää (1953)
Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla (1953)
Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä (1954)
Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä (1955)
Kiinni on ja pysyy (1955)
Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa (1955)
Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa (1957)
Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina (1957)
Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä (1957)
Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958)
Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä (1958)
Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina (1959)
Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä (1960)

Tributes:

Pekka & Pätkä ja tuplajättipotti (1985)
Pekka Puupää poliisina (1986)
Pekka ja Pätkä levottomina (in production)

Country:
Finland

Based on the Finnish comic strip.
"Pekka Puupää" created by Ola Fogelberg

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