Directed by:
Heikki KujanpääCinematography:
Heikki FärmComposer:
Timo HietalaCast:
Martti Suosalo, Jani Volanen, Leena Pöysti, Paavo Kinnunen, Vesa Vierikko, Jussi Lehtonen, Jussi Nikkilä, Tommi Eronen, Panu Vauhkonen, Paleface, Rüdiger Klink (more)Plots(1)
In 1918 Finland after the civil war, Toivo Parikka, the famous actor of the Workers’ Theatre, is caught and sent to a prison camp where his remaining comrades languish on the verge of death. Parikka defies execution by cracking jokes in front of the squad and getting a laugh out of the guards. Seeing this, Captain Kalm, the camp commandant, gives Parikka an unexpected offer: if the actor and his fellow captives can put on an entertaining play for his German guests, they will be spared. (Austin Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Martti Suosalo
Finland
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Black Ice (2007)
Jani Volanen
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019)
Ladies of Steel (2020)
Leena Pöysti
Finland
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Paavo Kinnunen
Best movies:
Games People Play (2020)
Gloriously Wasted (2012)
Laugh or Die (2018)
Vesa Vierikko
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Jussi Lehtonen
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Jussi Nikkilä
Finland
Best movies:
One-way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
1944: The Final Defence (2007)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Tommi Eronen
Finland
Best movies:
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Ambush (1999)
Three Wise Men (2008)
Panu Vauhkonen
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Popular Music (2004)
Paleface
Finland
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Laugh or Die (2018)
Flowers of Evil (2016)
Rüdiger Klink
West Germany
Best movies:
The Elementary Particles (2006)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Marcus Hägg
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Petteri Kaukoranta
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
The Girl King (2015)
Eero Herranen
Best movies:
Ladies of Steel (2020)
Laugh or Die (2018)
Sami Ristiniemi
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Mikko Reitala
Finland
Best movies:
The Interrogation (2009)
Laugh or Die (2018)
Jarmo Kääriäinen
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Jari Lippo
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Ville Vanhala
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)
Lilia Rönkkö
Best movies:
Laugh or Die (2018)