---
title: 'The Milkmaid (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Toivo Särkkä'
released: '1953-12-22'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-milkmaid-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045873/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Milkmaid (1953)

1953 · Drama · Finland

Original title: Hilja – maitotyttö

## Synopsis

Hilja maitotyttö is a 1953 Finnish drama film directed by T. J. Särkkä, and starred Anneli Sauli, Saulo Haarla and Tauno Palo. A film is based on the 1913 short story "Hilja the Milkmaid" by Johannes Linnankoski. When it premiered in Finland, the film caused a stir and controversy due to its eroticism and the rape scene included in the story; however, the erotic content guaranteed the sale of the film to a dozen other countries.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Toivo Särkkä](https://cinepixo.com/people/toivo-sarkka)
- **Producer:** [Toivo Särkkä](https://cinepixo.com/people/toivo-sarkka)
- **Screenplay:** [Juha Nevalainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/juha-nevalainen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harry Bergström](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-bergstrom)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kalle Peronkoski](https://cinepixo.com/people/kalle-peronkoski)

## Cast

- [Tauno Palo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tauno-palo)
- [Saulo Haarla](https://cinepixo.com/people/saulo-haarla)
- [Anneli Sauli](https://cinepixo.com/people/anneli-sauli)

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