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A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate interviews or just act plain silly and have a good time.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 72
IMDb7.3
Running time
2 h 8 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +32 min on the typical 96
typical 96128Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1981
September 11, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
Finnish
Original language
Made in
- Finland
and 2 more28 people
- JLJuice LeskinenSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- VSVesa SyteläSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- SPSafka PekkonenSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- PSPetteri SalminenSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- ILIla LouenrantaSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- JYJari YliahoSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Ismo AlankoSelf - Hassisen Kone
- JKJussi KinnunenSelf - Hassisen Kone
- RHReijo HeiskanenSelf - Hassisen Kone
- HKHarri KinnunenSelf - Hassisen Kone
- ASAku SyrjäSelf - Eppu Normaali
- Martti SyrjäSelf - Eppu Normaali
- PSPantse SyrjäSelf - Eppu Normaali
- MNMikko NevalainenSelf - Eppu Normaali
- JTJuha TorvinenSelf - Eppu Normaali
- JKJukka KulmalaSelf - Man on Ship
- TLTarja LeskinenSelf
- APAntti PakarinenSelf - Captain of SS Heinävesi
- TVTapio VanhataloSelf
- WWWaldemar WalleniusSelf
- PHPauli HeikkiläSelf - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited)
- EHEpe HeleniusSelf (uncredited)
- Asmo HurulaSelf - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited)
- JJJuho JuntunenSelf - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Aki Kaurismäki Director, Writer, Producer
- Mika Kaurismäki Director, Writer, Producer
- Tellervo Savela Script Supervisor
Production · 1
- Pauli Pentti Location Manager, Still Photographer
Camera · 7
- Timo Salminen Director of Photography
- Lasse Naukkarinen Director of Photography
- Toni Sulzbeck Director of Photography
- Olli Varja Director of Photography
- Ville Mäkelä Assistant Camera
- Juuso Hirvikangas Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Antti Kari Editor
- Marjatta Niiranen Assistant Editor
Sound · 6
- Hassisen Kone Original Music Composer
- Eppu Normaali Original Music Composer
- Juice Leskinen Original Music Composer
- Veikko Aaltonen Sound
- Mika Sundqvist Sound Engineer
- Mikael Sievers Sound Editor, Sound
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