Hellsinki | |
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Finnish | Rööperi |
Directed by | Aleksi Mäkelä |
Written by | Marko Leino |
Based on | Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen Tom Sjöberg |
Produced by | Jukka Helle Markus Selin |
Starring | Samuli Edelmann Peter Franzén Pihla Viitala Kari Hietalahti Juha Veijonen Jasper Pääkkönen |
Cinematography | Pini Hellstedt |
Edited by | Kimmo Taavila |
Music by | Kalle Chydenius |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Budget | €1,700,000[1] |
Box office | €2,191,299[2] |
Hellsinki (Finnish: Rööperi) is a 2009 Finnish film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. The film is based on the novel Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen and Tom Sjöberg.[3] Hellsinki follows the journey of two criminals, Tomppa and Krisu, in Punavuori (in slang Rööperi), a neighbourhood in Helsinki, from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.[1]