Hellsinki

Not to be confused with the city Helsinki. "Rööperi" redirects here. For the Helsinki neighbourhood, see Punavuori.

2009 Finnish film

Hellsinki

Film poster

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

Solar Films

Distributed by| Nordisk Film

Release date

* 9 January 2009 (2009-01-09)

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]

## Cast

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* Samuli Edelmann as Tomppa
* Peter Franzén as Krisu
* Pihla Viitala as Monika
* Kari Hietalahti as Gypsy Kari
* Juha Veijonen as Koistinen
* Jasper Pääkkönen as Korppu
* Kristo Salminen as Arska
* Pekka Valkeejärvi as Uki
* Hiski Grönstrand as Pera
* Tommi Rantamäki as Sale
* Santeri Kinnunen as Teukka
* Kalle Holmberg as Lindström
* Leena Uotila as Tomppa's mother
* Pirkko Mannola as Tyyne, Kari's mother

## References

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1. ^ a b "Hellsinki (Rööperi)". ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
2. ^ "Facts & Figures 2009 – Domestic first releases in 2009" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
3. ^ "Rööperi oli rikosten pesä". solarfilms.com (in Finnish). Solar Films Inc. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

## External links

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* Hellsinki at IMDb

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