Poikamiesten holhokki (1938)

Orvo Saarikivi's romantic comedy Poikamiesten holhokki (1938) is based on a novel by Denys Aston (pseudonym of the writer Inkeri Relander). Orphaned northern girl Katariina Malmi travels to Helsinki to stay with a distant relative, missionary Mauri Teräs, who has been appointed her guardian. The unpretentious child irritates, amuses, and charms Mauri, who is used to socializing, and his bachelor friends.