Rentun Ruusu

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Rentun Ruusu
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Directed by	Timo Koivusalo
Produced by	Timo Heinänen
Written by	Timo Koivusalo Vexi Salmi
Starring	Martti Suosalo, Ilkka Koivula
Distributed by	Artista Filmi Oy Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	January 12 2001
Running time	100 min
Language	Finnish
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Rentun Ruusu in English:The Rose of the Rascal) is a 2001 Finnish biographical film drama directed and written by Timo Koivusalo. The film won an award and nomination at the Jussi Awards.

The film is based on the life of Antti Yrjö Hammarberg (Irwin Goodman) who is still today a very popular singer in Finland.

The film stars Martti Suosalo and Ilkka Koivula with Vexi Salmi as narrator.

The film premiered in Helsinki on January 12 2001.

By April 5 2001 it took $2,236,169 at the box office.

1 Overview
2 Main cast
3 Minor cast
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Overview

Martti Suosalo transforms himself into the character of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer. Irwin Goodman, and takes us through the singer's life in the 1960s and 1970s. Written by his longtime friend and manager Vexi Salmi, the movie is apparently as close to the real life of Irwin as we can get. In addition to being the story of Irwin, the movie also looks at the transformation of Finnish society from the post-war years to the 70s and 80s.

[edit] Main cast

Martti Suosalo ... Irwin Goodman
Ilkka Koivula ... Vexi Salmi
Vexi Salmi ... Narrator
Esko Nikkari ... Väiski
Eeva-Maija Haukinen ... Irwin's mom, Kirsti Hammarberg
Hannu Kivioja ... Kaspar
Riitta Salminen ... Riitta Feirikki-Hammarberg
Matti Mäntylä ... Toivo Kärki
Tom Lindholm ... Eikka
Kunto Ojansivu ... Alpo
Raimo Grönberg ... Honkanen
Mikko Kivinen ... Tappi Suojanen
Seppo Sallinen ... Keihänen
Erkki Ruokokoski ... Ilmari Kianto
Timo Julkunen ... Mape
Maarit Niiniluoto ... Radiohaastattelija
Harri Ekonen ... Lentäjä 1
Aimo Santaoja ... Lentäjä 2
Matti Nurminen ... Taksikuski torilla
Kai Tanner ... Taksikuski lentokentällä
Raimo Viitanen ... Nimismies
Seppo Helenius ... Virkamies
Risto Luukko ... Tuomari
Sonja Saarinen ... Kaija
Tapani Mäki ... Vartija 2
Johanna Jokela ... Nuori ihailijatyttö

[edit] Minor cast

Jevgeni Haukka ... Venäläinen tullimies 1
Martti-Mikael Järvinen ... Otto
Timo Nissi ... Eki
Martti Palo ... Erik Lindström
Alexander Pritoup ... Venäläinen tullimies 2
Taneli Rinne ... Verotarkastaja
Raino Rissanen ... Vartija 1
Kielo Tommila ... Aila
Andrei Tsumak ... Venäläinen tullimies 3
Harry Viita ... Ralliperuna

[edit] Trivia

The film was the most most watched Finnish movie of 2001.
The name "Rentun ruusu" is from Antti Yrjö Hammarberg's song. "Rentun ruusu" album was his biggest and sold 125,000 copies