Our Common Wife (1956) is a comedy directed by Valentin Vaala, based on the play by Arijoutsi. The film is set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen (Kosti Klemelä), who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni (Marjatta Kallio). However, during his four-year imprisonment, Erkki has been pronounced dead and Jenni has remarried to office manager Nevamaa (Eero Eloranta).
Frustrated housewife Elisabet Avovirta has a spring romance with a younger man, journalist Jaakko Huhtikuu. Love sprinkles in the rays of the spring sun and eventually bubbles over the edges.
Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire. This is the only Finnish film starring Miss Universe 1952 Armi Kuusela.
