Avoveteen (1939)

The sports film Avoveteen (1939), directed by Orvo Saarikivi, is based on the novel by Urho Karhumäki. Yrjö Niemelä leaves the countryside for Helsinki. Unemployed, homeless, and penniless, the young man tries to commit suicide in desperation but is rescued at the last minute by a soldier of the Salvation Army. His luck changes when Yrjö gets a job as a warehouse worker and, as a fast runner, a sports coach. His childhood sweetheart Elsa encourages him to succeed.