The Saimaa Gesture
7.0(12) 1981-09-11 128 minDocumentaryMusic
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.
Original Music ComposerHassisen Kone
ProducerAki Kaurismäki
ProducerMika Kaurismäki
DirectorMika Kaurismäki
Original Music ComposerJuice Leskinen
DirectorAki Kaurismäki
Original Music ComposerEppu Normaali
WriterAki Kaurismäki
Cast & characters
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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
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
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)
Asmo Hurula
as Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited)
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Juho Juntunen
as Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited)
