The silent comedy The Engagement of a Student in the Oak Tree (1920) is the first film by producer-director-screenwriter Erkki Karu. It has survived in parts, but there is no more detailed information about its plot. The film was filmed in Tampere and Teisko in the summer of 1919, as was its parallel work Sotagulashi Kaiun järitty kesäloma (1920).
Erkki Karu
Writer, Director
Väinö Lehmus
Student Pöllövaara
Elli Karu
The Betrothed Bride
Martti Tuukka
Engagement Judge
Elsa Aarni
The Judge's Wife
Erkki Karu
Butler
Never Weaken69%
Why Worry?65%
The Importance of Being Earnest72%
Zero Charisma62%
My Wife's Relations62%
The Flying Car67%
The Errand Boy61%
Much Ado About Nothing68%
The Thin Man Goes Home71%
Taking Care of Business63%
Hog Wild68%
Back Stage63%
Berth Marks67%
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie60%
Good Neighbor Sam65%
The Fixer Uppers68%
A Flintstones Christmas Carol67%
Beau Hunks68%
Dough and Dynamite61%
Spite Marriage66%
