Tears of April

Tears of April
Directed by Aku Louhimies
Produced by Aleksi Bardy
Written by Jari Rantala
Based on Käsky 
by Leena Lander
Starring Samuli Vauramo
Pihla Viitala
Eero Aho
Music by Pessi Levanto
Cinematography Rauno Ronkainen
Edited by Benjamin Mercer
Production
company
Helsinki-filmi
Distributed by FS Film
Release dates
  • 22 August 2008 (2008-08-22) (Espoo Film Festival)
  • 29 August 2008 (2008-08-29) (Finland)
Country Finland
Language Finnish
Budget €1.5 million[1]
Box office €274,079 (domestic)[2]

Tears of April (Finnish: Käsky) is a 2008 Finnish war drama film directed by Aku Louhimies. Based on the novel Käsky by Leena Lander, the film is set in the final stages of the Finnish Civil War.[3] The fictional character Emil Hallenberg is loosely based on the actual Erik Grotenfelt, a poet turned judge and executioner.

Cast[4]

References

  1. "Tears of April (Käsky)". ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  2. "Elokuvavuosi 2008 Facts & Figures" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  3. "Lehti: Käsky-elokuvassa miesten välistä seksiä". MTV3.fi (in Finnish). August 13, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  4. "Käsky (2008) – Credits". Elonet. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 23, 2012.

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