 The film was followed by an urban comedy, "Vaimoke" in 1936, which starred the same leading pair, and ended up being a popular success and served as the breakthrough film for all involved.The film was an adaptation from a work by Hilja Valtonen, as was the sequel, "Mieheke", which Vaala directed in the same year.Many of Vaala's films were adaptations of popular classics of Finnish literature, by authors such as Mika Waltari, Aleksis Kivi and Maiju Lassila.