Dog Nail Clipper

1h 45m

6.7

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...

Cast

Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen

Taisto Reimaluoto

Ville Kuosmanen

Horseman Turpeinen

Timo Lavikainen

epämukava Leinonen

Taimi Kuosmanen

Hannu Virolainen

Riitta Piironen

Jaakko Saaristo

Markku Tanskanen

Kämppäemäntä

Martti Vaakanainen

Linja-auton kuljettaja

Jaakko Rummukainen

Kuorma-auton kuljettaja

Aimo Kääriäinen

Suojeluskuntalainen

Anne Bäckström

Mertsin tyttöystävä

Virva Hartikainen

Venäläinen tarkka-ampuja

Crew

Markku Pölönen

Director, Screenplay

Veikko Huovinen

Director of Photography

Pentti Keskimäki

Assistant Director

Anni Pänkäälä

Production Assistant

Minna Santakari

Production Design

Antti Härkönen

Assistant Camera

Second Assistant Camera

Steadicam Operator

Kristiina Kinnunen

Assistant Hairdresser

Assistant Hairdresser

Riikka Virtanen

Makeup Designer

Assistant Makeup Artist

Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Production Sound Mixer

Sound Editor, Production Sound Mixer

Olli Pärnänen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lighting Technician

Original Music Composer

Sanna Hedström

Script Supervisor

Script Supervisor

Location Manager

Property Master

Kalle Penttilä

Riitta-Leena Norberg

Production Manager