The Saimaa Gesture (1981)
A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate interviews or just act plain silly and have a good time.
Directors: Mika Kaurismäki, Aki Kaurismäki.
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Juice Leskinen as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam |
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Vesa Sytelä as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam |
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Safka Pekkonen as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam |
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Petteri Salminen as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam |
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Ila Louenranta as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam |
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Jari Yliaho as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam |
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Ismo Alanko as Self - Hassisen Kone |
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Jussi Kinnunen as Self - Hassisen Kone |
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Reijo Heiskanen as Self - Hassisen Kone |
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Harri Kinnunen as Self - Hassisen Kone |
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Aku Syrjä as Self - Eppu Normaali |
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Martti Syrjä as Self - Eppu Normaali |
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Pantse Syrjä as Self - Eppu Normaali |
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Mikko Nevalainen as Self - Eppu Normaali |
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Juha Torvinen as Self - Eppu Normaali |
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Jukka Kulmala as Self - Man on Ship |
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Tarja Leskinen as Self |
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Antti Pakarinen as Self - Captain of SS Heinävesi |
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Tapio Vanhatalo as Self |
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Waldemar Wallenius as Self |
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Pauli Heikkilä as Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited) |
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Epe Helenius as Self (uncredited) |
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Asmo Hurula as Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited) |
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Juho Juntunen as Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited) |
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Aki Kaurismäki as Self - Interviewer (uncredited) |
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Mika Kaurismäki as Self - Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Juha Leinonen as Self - Man on Ship (uncredited) |
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Anssi Tikanmäki as Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited) |
| Production | Aki Kaurismäki | Producer |
| Sound | Juice Leskinen | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Eppu Normaali | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lasse Naukkarinen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Olli Varja | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Mika Kaurismäki | Director |
| Camera | Timo Salminen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hassisen Kone | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Aki Kaurismäki | Director |
| Camera | Toni Sulzbeck | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mika Kaurismäki | Producer |
| Sound | Veikko Aaltonen | Sound |
| Writing | Aki Kaurismäki | Writer |
| Editing | Antti Kari | Editor |
| Sound | Mikael Sievers | Sound |
| Writing | Mika Kaurismäki | Writer |
| Sound | Mikael Sievers | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mika Sundqvist | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Juuso Hirvikangas | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ville Mäkelä | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Heikki Ortamo | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Pauli Pentti | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Marjatta Niiranen | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Pauli Pentti | Location Manager |
| Directing | Tellervo Savela | Script Supervisor |
