

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
2006-01-13 · 141 min · ★ 5.5
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 PääkkönenMatti
Juha VeijonenMaisteri
Peter FranzénNick Nevada
Elina KnihtiläMirva
Kari HietalahtiHammer
Jope RuonansuuOksanen
Jani VolanenNipa
Jussi LampiJorma Tapio
Toni WahlströmYlianttila
Maija JunnoMatti's Mother
Matti OnnismaaSalmela
Jarmo PeräläMauri
Andreas af EnehielmPuikkonen
Teemu AromaaKojonkoski
Pekka Laiho
Turkka MastomäkiDoctor
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