It Began in the Rain

{{short description|1953 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = It Began in the Rain

| image = Se alkoi sateessa.jpg

| caption = Original Finnish film poster

| director = Thure Bahne
Eddie Stenberg

| producer = T.J. Särkkä

| writer = Elsa Soini

| narrator =

| starring = Eila Peitsalo
Tauno Palo
Kaarlo Halttunen

| music = Harry Bergström

| cinematography = Pentti Unho

| editing = Elmer Lahti

| studio = Suomen Filmiteollisuus

| distributor = Suomen Filmiteollisuus

| released ={{Film date|1953|08|28|df=yes}}

| runtime = 79 minutes

| country = Finland

| language = Finnish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

It Began in the Rain (Finnish: Se alkoi sateessa) is a 1953 Finnish comedy thriller film directed by Thure Bahne and Eddie Stenberg and starring Eila Peitsalo, Tauno Palo and Kaarlo Halttunen.Qvist & von Bagh p.249 The film's sets were designed by Aarre Koivisto.

The production of the film was problematic. Eddie Stenberg was originally hired to direct the film, but in the middle of production the director was changed to Thure Bahne. It is known that producer T. J. Särkkä was also involved in completing the direction of the film. Särkkä later stated in his own words, that the film turned out to be "damn bad".[https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_123403 Se alkoi sateessa] – Elonet (in Finnish) In the evaluations of contemporary critics, it was generally stated that the change of makers has affected the final result of the film, and later in connection with the film's television premiere, it was assessed that "nothing works in the film, not the drama, not the characters, not to mention the directing."AL: Se alkoi sateessa, p. 17. Tv-maailma, 10/2013. (in Finnish)