Hellsinki

"Rööperi" redirects here. For the Helsinki neighbourhood, see Punavuori.

This article is about the 2009 film. For the city this film was named after, see Helsinki.

Hellsinki
Directed by	Aleksi Mäkelä
Produced by	Jukka Helle Markus Selin
Screenplay by	Marko Leino
Based on	Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen Tom Sjöberg
Starring	Samuli Edelmann Peter Franzén Pihla Viitala Kari Hietalahti Juha Veijonen Jasper Pääkkönen
Music by	Kalle Chydenius
Cinematography	Pini Hellstedt
Edited by	Kimmo Taavila
Production company	Solar Films
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release dates	January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09) (Finland)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish
Budget	€1,700,000
Box office	€2,191,299

Hellsinki (Finnish: Rööperi) is a 2009 Finnish film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. The film is based on the novel Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen and Tom Sjöberg. Hellsinki follows the journey of two criminals, Tomppa and Krisu, in Punavuori (in slang Rööperi), a neighbourhood in Helsinki, from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.

Cast

• Samuli Edelmann as Tomppa
• Peter Franzén as Krisu
• Pihla Viitala as Monika
• Kari Hietalahti as Gypsy Kari
• Juha Veijonen as Koistinen
• Jasper Pääkkönen as Korppu
• Kristo Salminen as Arska
• Pekka Valkeejärvi as Uki
• Hiski Grönstrand as Pera
• Tommi Rantamäki as Sale
• Santeri Kinnunen as Teukka
• Kalle Holmberg as Lindström
• Leena Uotila as Tomppa's mother
• Pirkko Mannola as Tyyne, Kari's mother

External links

• Hellsinki at IMDb