Overview
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
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Made on a $27.6K budget
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Aki KaurismäkiWriter
- Pauli PenttiWriter
- Original title
- Valehtelija
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 27, 1981
- Original language
- Finnish
- Budget
- $27.6K
- Countries
- Finland, Germany
Production
Cast
Aki KaurismäkiVille Alfa
Pirkko HämäläinenTuula
Juuso HirvikangasJuuso
Matti PellonpääFan of Chandler- Lars LindbergHarri
- Mikko MattilaFan of Hemingway
Eija VilpasWoman at Bar Counter
Markku PeltolaBall thrower in Mermaid Hall
Mikko KivinenSturdy Ball Thrower in Mermaid Hall- Juice LeskinenHimself
- Esa SirkkunenOlli
- Jukka JärveläMan at Bar Counter
- Marja HeiskanenKiosk Vendor
- Toni SulzbeckBum
- Taina NyströmGirl in Pavement Cafe
- Juhani TommolaDoorman
- Reino Markkanen
- Paula Kaurismäki
- Tapio Saariaho
- Virve Larimo
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