A Movie Theatre Before and Now 1929

Overview

After the fire of the Imatra cinema in Tampere in 1927, the Finnish film industry worked together to produce an educational film about a cinema that was safe for the public. The film was intended to be shown as an educational film in film projectionists' courses, but due to its comedic content, it was also shown at public screenings. Oscar Lindelöf (1887–1954), a pioneer of Finnish cinema, plays a triple role as a reckless projectionist, the projectionist-in-charge of Kino-Palatsi and the instru