Review: Matkalla Porkkalaan

CRIME THRILLER IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF ARMISTICE

Someone shoots Russian captain Ivan Belov on the Lauttasaari bridge, who
is on its way to Porkkala with a Russian military column. It’s a year
November 1944.


Ilkka Heiskanen is Räsänen, a Finnish officer returning from the war,
By chance, the main suspect arrives. Performed by Santeri Kinnunen
Valpo’s researcher Freedy Kekäläinen is the narrator and compiler of the story.

The Porkkala parenthesis is topical now, 60 years after the lease period
after the end of the year. If you are in a rental area in Siuntio, Inkoo or
Those who currently live in Kirkkonummi expect the play to tell the story of their
from their home region, they will be disappointed. Porkkala only glimpses in the play
in one or two sentences. The play is a pure crime thriller,
detective story, set in Helsinki and the Soviet Union
The Supervisory Commission’s accommodation is Hotel Torni. The picture of the times is probably that
the liquor flows and the cigarette burns, so those who are getting used to peace
Finnish soldiers as well as among the leaders of states.


Antti Litja makes it natural to make the chairman of the Control Commission,
Zdanov became the most joyful character in the play. A silly vodka drinker strikes
sharply and frighteningly if necessary. In front of him is the Minister of the Interior and
The prime minister humbles themselves with their hats in their hands. The delicate atmosphere of the Armistice
It is well illustrated: what measures would the Soviet Union take against a Russian officer?
to make up for the shooting?

Ilkka Heiskanen painfully interprets the Kafkaesque atmosphere
Räsänen. Santeri Kinnunen’s researcher has the toughness of detective detectives, life
grumbling, but the “you have to get things done” attitude. However, it crossed my mind
Alternative: What if the men had made each other’s characters? Riitta
Havukainen is an excellent choice for an actress-agent who moves
in dangerous waters.

Knowing the history helps, but it is not necessary to tell the story
opening. The programme leaflet recounts a play based on a real event
backgrounds commendably. All in all, the well-known cast is confident
and the play progresses in an exemplary manner. Alongside violence, there is room for
audience-friendly, even comical situations. Humour is spiced up
meeting between Russians and Finns in situations where in fact
It was a game far away. Simple staging is effective.

Ending the play has caused difficulties. Agathach’s Christ-like
instead of an explanatory final monologue, I was fascinated by the idea that all the clues
and the possibilities would have been left open. Because in the end, there will be no more
It didn’t seem important to know who was to blame. At the top of the list were
Räsänen’s long booze-soaked journey home from the front with his wife and child
.