--- title: 'Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Ralf Långbacka' released: '1979-12-21' runtime_minutes: 112 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'History' countries: - 'Sweden' - 'Finland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/herr-puntila-and-his-servant-matti-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080865/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1979) 1979 · 112 min · Drama, Comedy, History · Sweden, Finland Original title: Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti ## Synopsis Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti is a 1979 Finnish-Swedish drama film directed by Ralf Långbacka. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is based on the 1948 play Mr Puntila and His Man Matti by Bertolt Brecht which in turn is based on the 1940 Finnish play The Sawdust Princess by Hella Wuolijoki. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ralf Långbacka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-langbacka) - **Screenplay:** [Ralf Långbacka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-langbacka) - **Original Music Composer:** [Kaj Chydenius](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaj-chydenius) - **Producer:** [Anssi Mänttäri](https://cinepixo.com/people/anssi-manttari) - **Director of Photography:** [Heikki Katajisto](https://cinepixo.com/people/heikki-katajisto) - **Editor:** [Irma Taina](https://cinepixo.com/people/irma-taina) ## Cast - [Martin Kurtén](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-kurten) as Eino Silakka - [Pekka Laiho](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-laiho) as Matti Aaltonen - [Karin Pacius](https://cinepixo.com/people/karin-pacius) as Fina - [Maria Aro](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-aro) as Laina - [Tauno Lehtihalmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/tauno-lehtihalmes) as prosten - [Elina Salo](https://cinepixo.com/people/elina-salo) as apoteksfröken - [Soli Labbart](https://cinepixo.com/people/soli-labbart) as Telefon-Sandra - [May Pihlgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-pihlgren) as prostinnan - [Rolf Labbart](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-labbart) as mejeridisponenten - [Sven Ehrström](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-ehrstrom) as häradshövdingen - [Sulevi Peltola](https://cinepixo.com/people/sulevi-peltola) as Surkkala - [Pirkko Nurmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pirkko-nurmi) as Lisa - [Ritva Valkama](https://cinepixo.com/people/ritva-valkama) as Langar-Emma - [Lasse Pöysti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-poysti) as Johannes Puntila - [Arja Saijonmaa](https://cinepixo.com/people/arja-saijonmaa) as Eva Puntila ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/herr-puntila-and-his-servant-matti-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q13461536); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.