![The Harvest Month](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//lbJnR2e10U9Qo2PluVCMttOHvSz.jpg)
![The Harvest Month](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s8jFlchjruCNGrqHU8JJeaABKxJ.jpg)
The Harvest Month
1 hour 34 minutes1956-10-05
6.5
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The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.
Cast
![Toivo Mäkelä](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//c81Z1DfVKB00pVagsXmOpnMyJfR.jpg)
Toivo Mäkelä
Viktor Sundvall
![Emma Väänänen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gWkSsNQLOKY8VYWuqKy8cQCbVnI.jpg)
Emma Väänänen
Saima Sundvall
![Rauni Luoma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//FSQfW7jMetZakpKHzAsjRMRjT3.jpg)
Rauni Luoma
Maija Länsilehto
![Aino-Maija Tikkanen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fScDILvykvMJuEhsAdtoSDpxOqM.jpg)
Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Tyyne Sundvall
![Rauni Ikäheimo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//f8ul50NpkpOjDAs42FWpcMe5uBV.jpg)
Rauni Ikäheimo
Iita
![Senni Nieminen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fDfJAs9TtHxccH65bQPToHYgK3B.jpg)
Senni Nieminen
Hanna Nieminen
![Heikki Savolainen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//g4i6xOe1Feu1zN5E1uJ5kPr0A8L.jpg)
Heikki Savolainen
Mauno Viljanen
![Tauno Kajander](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tauno Kajander
Taave
![Sylvi Salonen](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sylvi Salonen
Actress
![Topi Kankainen](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Topi Kankainen
Alpertti
![Pentti Irjala](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hAS2B8kCjUlcGRk1sp9FafCmbnB.jpg)
Pentti Irjala
Mies saunalla
![Olavi Ahonen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2t127UIyG6RG744gAUEssh1DJtN.jpg)
Olavi Ahonen
Mies saunalla
![Keijo Lindroos](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Keijo Lindroos
Mies tansseissa
![Mauri Jaakkola](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mauri Jaakkola
Ylioppilaskaveri
![Severi Seppänen](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Severi Seppänen
Lääkäri
![Kaija Siikala](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kaija Siikala
Nuoruudenrakastettu
![Matti Kassila](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oLWxKG59zq2G2LEke2O4bxXb08r.jpg)
Matti Kassila
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
![Kari Åkerberg](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kari Åkerberg
Viljo Sundvall (uncredited)
![Tommi Rinne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2cuL9h9wXHLxWOQ9ph0QOogx4g5.jpg)
Tommi Rinne
Juhlija (uncredited)
![Leo Jokela](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1myHyKXmIQuHjAGQVphXlVdhoC1.jpg)
Leo Jokela
Juhlija (uncredited)
![Leo Lastumäki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//i6nUWe0j2NXKIO8yj1NDx2sm0gC.jpg)
Leo Lastumäki
Saarinen (uncredited)
![Seppo Sariola](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)