The Count
– Pertti Ylermi Lindgren (b. 1936) was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. L..
Pertti Ylermi Lindgren (b. 1936) was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. Lindgren is the real thing, as far as swindlers go. Peter von Bagh asked him to play himself in a film that would reconstruct some of his greatest moments, i.e. the most flamboyant «stunts» – and he agreed! So, marvel at Lindgren playing Lindgren, and study, on the film's second narrative string, how he's trying to get by, dancing and being charming through the summer of 1970, in dance-halls and pavilions.
05 Feb 1971
Finnish
Peter von Bagh
Peter von Bagh
Pertti Ylermi Lindgren, Irma Martinkauppi, Titta Karakorpi, Elina Salo
Sleazy impostor, then dance band singer Pertti Ylermi Lindgren merrily re-enacts some of his real-life engagements to 76 different women in the late 1960s. After posing as an aristocrat, educationalist, Italian bank executive, or a priest, "The Count" always manages to escape with the bride's or her father's money just when the wedding bells start to chime.