Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Matti
2006, Film, 135 min, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Finnish, Finland, MoviePedia score 60
Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.
Directed by Aleksi Mäkelä
Cast
- Jasper Pääkkönen as Matti Nykänen
- Elina Hietala as Taina
- Juha Veijonen as Maisteri
- Peter Franzén as Nick 'Nikke' Nevada
- Elina Knihtilä as Mirva
- Kari Hietalahti as Hammer
- Jope Ruonansuu as Oksanen
- Jani Volanen as Nipa
- Jussi Lampi as Jorma Tapio
- Toni Wahlström as Kalle Ylianttila
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