Rentun Ruusu
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Rentun Ruusu 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 12 January 2001.
By 5 April 2001 it took $2,236,169 at the box office.
transforms himself into the character of Irwin Goodman
, a Finnish singer 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.
2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
biographical film
Biographical film
A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...
drama directed and written by Timo Koivusalo
Timo Koivusalo
Timo Johannes Koivusalo is a Finnish actor, director, writer, columnist, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was Työnnän syvälle kammioon, which debuted in the movie theaters in 2001....
.
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
Martti Suosalo
Martti Juhani Suosalo is a Finnish actor and singer.Suosalo began his career in 1986 appearing on a mini TV series...
and Ilkka Koivula
Ilkka Koivula
Ilkka Koivula is a Finnish actor. He has appeared in 28 films and television shows since 1988. He starred in the film Lights in the Dusk, which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
with Vexi Salmi
Vexi Salmi
Veikko Olavi "Vexi" Salmi is a Finnish lyricist. He has written the lyrics to numerous popular songs for several prominent artists, including Irwin Goodman, Jari Sillanpää, and Katri Helena. His career as a lyricist began in the 1960s, and continues to the present day...
as narrator.
The film premiered in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
on 12 January 2001.
By 5 April 2001 it took $2,236,169 at the box office.
Overview
Martti SuosaloMartti Suosalo
Martti Juhani Suosalo is a Finnish actor and singer.Suosalo began his career in 1986 appearing on a mini TV series...
transforms himself into the character of Irwin Goodman
Irwin Goodman
Irwin Goodman was a popular Finnish rock and folk singer. In the late 1960s he was widely known as a protest singer. He recorded over 300 songs, most of which were his own compositions, with lyrics written by Vexi Salmi...
, a Finnish singer 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.
Main cast
- Martti SuosaloMartti SuosaloMartti Juhani Suosalo is a Finnish actor and singer.Suosalo began his career in 1986 appearing on a mini TV series...
... Irwin GoodmanIrwin GoodmanIrwin Goodman was a popular Finnish rock and folk singer. In the late 1960s he was widely known as a protest singer. He recorded over 300 songs, most of which were his own compositions, with lyrics written by Vexi Salmi... - Ilkka KoivulaIlkka KoivulaIlkka Koivula is a Finnish actor. He has appeared in 28 films and television shows since 1988. He starred in the film Lights in the Dusk, which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
... Vexi Salmi - Vexi SalmiVexi SalmiVeikko Olavi "Vexi" Salmi is a Finnish lyricist. He has written the lyrics to numerous popular songs for several prominent artists, including Irwin Goodman, Jari Sillanpää, and Katri Helena. His career as a lyricist began in the 1960s, and continues to the present day...
... Narrator - Esko NikkariEsko NikkariEsko Nikkari was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He debuted in 1974 in the movie Karvat....
... Väiski - Eeva-Maija Haukinen ... Irwin's mom, Kirsti Hammarberg
- Hannu Kivioja ... Kaspar
- Riitta Salminen ... Riitta Feirikki-Hammarberg
- Matti Mäntylä ... Toivo KärkiToivo KärkiToivo Pietari Johannes Kärki was a Finnish composer, musician, music producer and arranger. He is especially remembered for his collaboration with Reino Helismaa....
- Tom Lindholm ... Eikka
- Kunto Ojansivu ... Alpo
- Raimo GrönbergRaimo GrönbergRaimo Grönberg is a Finnish actor whose career has mainly based on television.Vierikko began acting in 1978 on television working consistently throughout the 1980s and 1990s appearin in a number of TV series...
... 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
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
Trivia
- The film was the 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.
External links
- http://www.yle.fi/tv2draama/rentunruusu/index.html
- http://www.artistafilmi.fi/RentunRuusu_sivut/vexinmuistelu.html