65
GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.8
Running time
53 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −47 min on the typical 100
typical 10053Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
1981
February 27, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Finnish
Original language
Made in
- Finland
Germany
and 4 more16 people
- Aki KaurismäkiVille Alfa
- Pirkko HämäläinenTuula
- Juuso HirvikangasJuuso
- Matti PellonpääFan of Chandler
- LLLars LindbergHarri
- MMMikko MattilaFan of Hemingway
- Eija VilpasWoman at Bar Counter
- Markku PeltolaBall thrower in Mermaid Hall
- Mikko KivinenSturdy Ball Thrower in Mermaid Hall
- JLJuice LeskinenHimself
- ESEsa SirkkunenOlli
- JJJukka JärveläMan at Bar Counter
- MHMarja HeiskanenKiosk Vendor
- TSToni SulzbeckBum
- TNTaina NyströmGirl in Pavement Cafe
- JTJuhani TommolaDoorman
Directing · 2
- Mika Kaurismäki Director, Producer
- Pauli Pentti Assistant Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Aki Kaurismäki Writer
Camera · 1
- Olli Varja Additional Camera, Cinematography
Editing · 2
- Antti Kari Editor
- Anne Lakanen Editor
Sound · 4
- Lasse Keso Music
- Erkki Vesterinen Sound
- Veikko Partanen Sound Mixer
- Mikael Sievers Sound
Other crew · 2
- Toni Sulzbeck Cinematography
- Kay Gauditz Cinematography
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