The Saimaa Gesture

6.9

A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate interviews or just act plain silly and have a good time.

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Juice Leskinen

Self - Juice Leskinen Slam

Vesa Sytelä

Self - Juice Leskinen Slam

Safka Pekkonen

Self - Juice Leskinen Slam

Petteri Salminen

Self - Juice Leskinen Slam

Ila Louenranta

Self - Juice Leskinen Slam

Jari Yliaho

Self - Juice Leskinen Slam

Ismo Alanko

Self - Hassisen Kone

Jussi Kinnunen

Self - Hassisen Kone

Reijo Heiskanen

Self - Hassisen Kone

Harri Kinnunen

Self - Hassisen Kone

Aku Syrjä

Self - Eppu Normaali

Martti Syrjä

Self - Eppu Normaali

Pantse Syrjä

Self - Eppu Normaali

Mikko Nevalainen

Self - Eppu Normaali

Juha Torvinen

Self - Eppu Normaali

Jukka Kulmala

Self - Man on Ship

Antti Pakarinen

Self - Captain of SS Heinävesi

Pauli Heikkilä

Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited)

Epe Helenius

Self (uncredited)

Asmo Hurula

Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited)

Juho Juntunen

Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited)

Aki Kaurismäki

Self - Interviewer (uncredited)

Mika Kaurismäki

Self - Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Juha Leinonen

Self - Man on Ship (uncredited)

Anssi Tikanmäki

Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited)

Camera

Lasse Naukkarinen

Director of Photography

Timo Salminen

Director of Photography

Toni Sulzbeck

Director of Photography

Olli Varja

Director of Photography

Juuso Hirvikangas

Assistant Camera

Ville Mäkelä

Assistant Camera

Heikki Ortamo

Assistant Camera

Pauli Pentti

Still Photographer

Directing

Tellervo Savela

Script Supervisor

Editing

Antti Kari

Editor

Marjatta Niiranen

Assistant Editor

Production

Pauli Pentti

Location Manager

Sound

Hassisen Kone

Original Music Composer

Juice Leskinen

Original Music Composer

Eppu Normaali

Original Music Composer

Mikael Sievers

Sound Editor

Mika Sundqvist

Sound Engineer

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