01 Jan 1959
Sentence
Engineer Japaridze, in order to speed up the construction of the hydroelectric station, grossly violates the safety rules and causes a disaster. He is sentenced to a long prison term.
Nesting
Nesting is a story about Veikka (20), who is about to leave his work place - a construction site owned by Kari (50) - to start a new life in the big city. Veikka thinks the goodbyes will go smoothly, but gets interrupted by a rare situation: there’s a baby in the crane. The surprising problem is an annoyance at first, but in the end it opens up communication between the employees in a way that has been difficult in the past.
Top Billed Cast
Mikko Kauppila Veikka
Sami Lanki Kari
Samuli Jaskio Jaakko
Tuire Tuomisto Heli
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