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Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
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Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

2006-01-13 · 141 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Comedy

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.

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Directors
Aleksi Mäkelä
Production companies
Solar Films
Countries
Finland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jasper PääkkönenJasper PääkkönenMatti
Elina HietalaTaina
Juha VeijonenJuha VeijonenMaisteri
Peter FranzénPeter FranzénNick Nevada
Elina KnihtiläElina KnihtiläMirva
Kari HietalahtiKari HietalahtiHammer
Jope RuonansuuJope RuonansuuOksanen
Jani VolanenJani VolanenNipa
Jussi LampiJussi LampiJorma Tapio
Toni WahlströmToni WahlströmYlianttila
Matias HangasmaaAntti
Seppo PääkkönenMatti's Father
Maija JunnoMaija JunnoMatti's Mother
Matti OnnismaaMatti OnnismaaSalmela
Jarmo PeräläJarmo PeräläMauri
Andreas af EnehielmAndreas af EnehielmPuikkonen
Teemu AromaaTeemu AromaaKojonkoski
Pekka LaihoPekka Laiho
Turkka MastomäkiTurkka MastomäkiDoctor
Pekka HuotariPekka HuotariDoctor

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