"Blondi tuli taloon" (1994) TV series 1994-1995

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

5 January 1994 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Johanna Tähtinen's husband Ykä burns down their house and goes to jail so Johanna and daughter Liisa are left with nothing...

Cast

Lotta Onttonen	...	Missu Hurmala (59 episodes, 1994)
Anu Hälvä	...	Johanna Tähtinen (58 episodes, 1994)
Esko Salminen	...	Hannu Hurmala (57 episodes, 1994)
Niko Sinervä	...	Matti Hurmala (57 episodes, 1994)
Saara Ylitalo	...	Liisa Tähtinen (56 episodes, 1994)
Eeva Eloranta	...	Margit Haukkamaa (53 episodes, 1994)

Also Known As:

Blondi (Finland) (alternative title)

Runtime:

Finland:25 min (148 episodes)

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color

Company:

Spede-Tuotanto Oy

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Uuno Turhapuron veli (1994)

Finnish TV at its best!

Finnish TV series are usually totally boring, believe me, I know, I live in Finland. But Blondi is great. It's the only Finnish series I've watched regularly. The characters are so wonderful and mostly played by new talents (and Elina Halttunen's own children). Anu Hälvä plays the simple Johanna Tähtinen, "The Blond", to perfection. Margit too is great, especially when she's pregnant. It's really a shame this show has probably only aired in Finland. I think foreigners would also appreciate this series, because every episode is a cliffhanger and the series gives a very good picture of normal Finnish family life (if one forgets that the Hurmalas take strangers living in their house just like that and later on they don't even have to pay rent or do anything). Fabulous!