The Worthless (film)

The Worthless
Original Finnish film poster
Directed by	Mika Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki Mika Kaurismäki
Starring	Matti Pellonpää Pirkko Hämäläinen Juuso Hirvikangas
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Edited by	Antti Kari
Music by	Anssi Tikanmäki
Production company	Villealfa Filmproductions
Distributed by	Finnkino
Release date	15 October 1982 (1982-10-15)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

The Worthless (Finnish: Arvottomat) is a 1982 Finnish film directed by Mika Kaurismäki, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Aki Kaurismäki. It is a road movie about two men and a woman driving around the country as they are being chased by a group of criminals and the police.[1]

Mika Kaurismäki won the Jussi Award for Best Direction for the film.[2]

Cast

• Matti Pellonpää as Manne
• Pirkko Hämäläinen as Veera
• Juuso Hirvikangas as Harri Salminen
• Esko Nikkari as Hagström
• Jorma Markkula as Mitja
• Asmo Hurula as Väyry
• Ari Piispa as Vasili
• Aki Kaurismäki as Ville Alfa
• Aino Seppo as Tiina
• Veikko Aaltonen as Juippi
• Elina Kivihalme as Anna-Kaarina

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References

1. "TV-arkisto: Matti Pellonpää". Yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. December 27, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
2. "Arvottomat (1982) – Distribution". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
3. "Arvottomat". Elonet. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

External links

• The Worthless at IMDb