Tears of April
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Tears of April | |
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Directed by | Aku Louhimies |
Written by | |
Based on | Käsky by Leena Lander |
Produced by | Aleksi Bardy |
Starring | Samuli Vauramo Pihla Viitala Eero Aho |
Cinematography | Rauno Ronkainen |
Edited by | |
Music by | |
Production company | |
Distributed by | FS Film |
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Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Budget | €1.5 million[1] |
Box office | €274,079 (domestic)[2] |
Tears of April (Finnish: Käsky) is a 2008 Finnish war drama film directed by Aku Louhimies. Based on the novel Käsky by Leena Lander, the film is set in the final stages of the Finnish Civil War.[3] The film tells a story of a captured female Red Guard fighter, Miina, and the soldier Aaro who escorts her to her trial.[4] The fictional character Emil Hallenberg is loosely based on the actual , a poet turned judge and executioner.
Cast[5][]
- Samuli Vauramo as Aaro Harjula
- Pihla Viitala as Miina Malin
- Eero Aho as Emil Hallenberg
- as Eino
- as Martta
- Riina Maidre as Beata Hallenberg
- as Konsta
- as Paasonen
References[]
- ^ "Tears of April (Käsky)". ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Elokuvavuosi 2008 Facts & Figures" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Lehti: Käsky-elokuvassa miesten välistä seksiä". MTV3.fi (in Finnish). August 13, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ Farber, Stephen (7 June 2009). "Tears of April - Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Käsky (2008) – Credits". Elonet. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
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Categories:
- 2008 films
- Finnish-language films
- 2000s war drama films
- Films based on Finnish novels
- Films directed by Aku Louhimies
- Films set in 1918
- Films set in Finland
- Films shot in Finland
- Finnish films
- Finnish Civil War
- Finnish war drama films
- Prisoner of war films
- 2008 drama films
- Finnish film stubs
- War drama film stubs