Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Directed by Matti Kassila
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Cast
Tauno Palo
Reinhold Varavaara
Irma Seikkula
Mrs. Varavaara
Maikki Länsiö
Löpö
Kaija Siikala
Marja
Jussi Jurkka
Galileo Varavaara
Maija Karhi
Jaana Varavaara
Matti Ranin
Pentti Varavaara
Leo Jokela
Hubert
Toivo Mäkelä
Arvo Kääri
Pentti Irjala
Huitu
Mauri Jaakkola
Lopponen
Pertti Weckström
Portieeri
Pekka Tiilikainen
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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