April is the Cruelest of Months is a 1983 film directed by Suvi-Marja Korvenheimo, also known as Anssi Mänttäri, and the final part of the Korvenheimo trilogy. It was named after the first verse of T. S. Eliot's poem series The Waste Land. The film, shot in ten days, is a satire on the candles of Finnish culture.
Cast
Antti Litja
Olli
Markku Toikka
Unto
Paavo Piskonen
Leevi
Rea Mauranen
Woman with Heart
Liisa Halonen
Raija
Mikko Majanlahti
Mikkonen, professor of arts
Olli Tuominen
Critic Vehviläinen
Aki Kaurismäki
Ville Alfa
Ville Piskonen
Jussi - Olli's and Raija's Son
Riitta Havukainen
Maj-Lis, Maj-Lis, kesälomalla
Ann-Cathrine Fröjdö
Pia
Hannele Laaksonen
Maija
Svante Korkiakoski
Councilor of Cultural Affairs
Jussi Parviainen
Future Critic
Matti Pellonpää
kiiluvasilmäinen pilleristi
Pekka Saaristo
Engineer
Vieno Saaristo
Sari's Mother
Päivi Istala
radiotoimittaja
Jone Takamäki
konstaapeli
Heikki Peltonen
Mertsi, tuottaja
Juhani Kumpulainen
tarjoilija
Lars Lindberg
asunnon omistaja
Kirsti Otsamo
iso vaalea nainen
Virve Kauste
vieras nainen
Pauli Virtanen
Ola, Mikkosen lähin mies
Ilkka Kylävaara
Martti, Sarin isä
Asmo Hurula
mies pullolla
Juuso Hirvikangas
ymmärtämättömän naisen vaalea poikaystävä
Crew
Anssi Mänttäri
Director, Writer, Producer
Mika Kaurismäki
Editor
Eero Salmenhaara
Director of Photography
Heikki Katajisto
Assistant Director
Harri Laakso
Assistant Camera
Risto Laasonen
Assistant Camera
Eero Haapaniemi
Assistant Camera
Ville Mäkelä
Assistant Camera
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jouko Lumme
Production Sound Mixer
J. Karjalainen
Music
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