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Orpopojan valssi

Orpopojan valssi

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1949
1h 9m
8.0(1 votes)
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A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful couplet singer - the "king of couplets".

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