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Lottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro

1976 · 88 min Comedy
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

It is the first anniversary of Uuno and Elisabet. Uuno has placed a bet with his friend Härski-Hartikainen a year ago, that if Uuno can take just one year of marriage with Elisabet, Hartikainen will treat him a festive dinner. However, Hartikainen buys a lottery ticket for Uuno, who agrees to deduct it from his debt – and the festive dinner is reduced to a can of milk and half a sausage. As it happens, Uuno becomes the lottery winner of 1.5 million marks, only to soon realize he doesn't own a single penny yet. Mister Tossavainen arrives and offers to finance Uuno before he actually gets the jackpot. Thus, Uuno gets to live a rich live on credit. He buys a raccoon fur, leopard swimming trunks and a couple of Mercedes-Benzes. Women begin to fancy Uuno and so does his father-in-law. As time goes by it is revealed, though, that Uuno is not actually a lottery winner, and so he has to escape the anger of others to Härski's car repair shop.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1976
Country Finland
Genre Comedy
Director Ere Kokkonen
Runtime 88 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (13 votes)

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The film constructs a classic situational comedy, relying on the contrast between Uuno's sudden 'wealth' and his perpetual disarray. It explores the absurdity of living on credit and the universal hypocrisy triggered by perceived fortune.

What lingers after the credits is the sheer predictability of the gags and a warm, silly nostalgia for a simpler kind of farce. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Ere Kokkonen

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With friends and drinks, in the mood for undemanding, slapstick Nordic humor.

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