Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
| Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi | |
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| Directed by | Ossi Elstelä |
| Written by | Nisse Hirn |
| Produced by | Toivo Särkkä |
| Starring | Regina Linnanheimo, Leif Wager, Elsa Rantalainen, Ester Toivonen, Eino Kaipainen |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Mantovani |
| Edited by | Armas Vallasvuo |
| Music by | Nils-Eric Fougstedt |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | 1,195,473 mk |
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (Katariina and the Count of Munkkiniemi) is a 1943 Finnish film directed by Ossi Elstelä. It is based on a novel by Kaarina Viitainoja. The film stars Regina Linnanheimo, Leif Wager, Elsa Rantalainen, Ester Toivonen and Eino Kaipainen. This film was Wager's first major feature film, and as a result he became one of the most popular Finnish male actors of the 1940s.
The film is set in Helsinki in 1860. The plot is about the love between Katariina, a farmhand's daughter, and Count Mauritz Armborg of Munkkiniemi. The film's most famous scene features the "Romance", which Count Mauritz sings in a park by the pond to Katariina, with music by Nils-Eric Fougstedt and lyrics by Reino Hirviseppä.
The film was first aired on Finnish television on 1 October 1965, attracting approximately half a million viewers. A screening in July of the following year drew about 1.36 million viewers. The film has been released on both VHS and DVD.