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Directed by | Aleksi Mäkelä |
Produced by | Markus Selin |
Written by | Marko Leino |
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Jasper Pääkkönen Peter Franzén Elina Hietala Jope Ruonansuu Juha Veijonen Elina Knihtilä |
Music by | Tuomas Kantelinen |
Cinematography | Pini Hellstedt |
Edited by | Kimmo Taavila |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista |
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135 minutes |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Budget | €1.6 million |
Box office | €3,620,391 |
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (Finnish: Matti) is a 2006 Finnish biographical film about Finnish skijumper Matti Nykänen. The film was directed by Aleksi Mäkelä and written by Marko Leino. With 461,665 views it was the most watched film in Finland in 2006.
The soundtrack album for the film, Musiikkia elokuvasta Matti, was released on January 11, 2006. It contains songs performed by Nykänen himself. Two tracks used in the film, "Pidä varas" and "Kingi" performed by Nykänen, were not included in the soundtrack album.