Tears of April
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| Tears of April | |
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| Directed by | Aku Louhimies |
| Written by | Jari Rantala |
| Produced by | Aleksi Bardy |
| Starring | Samuli Vauramo Pihla Viitala Eero Aho |
| Cinematography | Rauno Ronkainen |
| Edited by | Benjamin Mercer |
| Music by | Pessi Levanto |
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 (Template:Lang-fi) 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 officer Aaro, who escorts her for trial.[4] The fictional character Emil Hallenberg is loosely based on the actual Erik Grotenfelt, a poet turned judge and executioner.
Cast[5]
- Samuli Vauramo as Aaro Harjula
- Pihla Viitala as Miina Malin
- Eero Aho as Emil Hallenberg
- Eemeli Louhimies as Eino
- Miina Maasola as Martta
- Riina Maidre as Beata Hallenberg
- Sulevi Peltola as Konsta
- Oskar Pöysti 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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