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THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST
(AKA: MIES VAILLA MENNEISYYTTÄ)
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| DIRECTOR | Aki Kaurismäki |
| YEAR | 2002 |
| STATUS | completed |
| SYNOPSIS | A nameless man comes to town and gets beaten to death in the first possible moment. Here starts this epic drama, film or should we say a dream of lonely hearts with empty pockets under the big sky of our Lord or should we say birds. |
| LENGTH | 97 min |
| FORMAT | colour, 1:1.85, Dolby SRD |
| CAST | Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Annikki Tähti, Tähti |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Helsinki (Finland) |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Finnish |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Production SPUTNIK OY in association with YLE/TV1, Pandora Film, in coproduction with ZDF/ARTE and Network Movie, Pyramide Productions, in coproduction with Arte France Cinema and with the participation of Canal+ and the Centre National de la Cinématographie |
| SUPPORTED BY | Production supported by The Finnish Film Foundation and Nordic Film and Television Fund |
| WORLD SALES | Bavaria Film International |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Cannes 2002: Grand Prize of the Jury - San Sebastian 2002: FIPRESCI Film of the Year - Falnders 2002: Golden Spur - Oscar 2003: nominated for Best Foreign Language Film |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film Verleih |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | Milan BMG |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | Germany: EuroVideo |
| LINKS | www.der-mann-ohne-vergangenheit.de
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| PRODUCERS | Aki Kaurismäki |
| WRITERS | Aki Kaurismäki |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Timo Salminen |
| EDITING | Timo Linnasalo |
| CASTING | - |
| PRODUCTION | Ilkka Mertsola (Production manager), Olavi Tuom (Location manager), Nadja Delcos (Assistant director) |
| SOUND | Jouko Lumme, Tero Malmberg |
| ART DIRECTION | Markku Pätilä, Jukko Salmi |
| COSTUMES | Outi Harjupatana |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Nadja Delcos |
| MUSIC | Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat |
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