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Directed by | Aleksi Mäkelä |
Produced by | Markus Selin |
Screenplay by | Pekka Lehtosaari |
Based on |
Keltainen leski by Reijo Mäki |
Starring |
Juha Veijonen Laura Malmivaara Samuli Edelmann Pekka Valkeejärvi Kari Hietalahti Jorma Tommila |
Music by | Kalle Chydenius |
Cinematography | Pini Hellstedt |
Edited by | Kimmo Taavila |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista |
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95 minutes |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Budget | €1.5 million |
Box office | €1,549,176 |
Vares: Private Eye (Finnish: Vares – yksityisetsivä) is a 2004 Finnish crime film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. It is based on the novel Keltainen leski by Reijo Mäki. The setting is Turku, a city on the west coast of Finland. It stars Juha Veijonen as private detective Jussi Vares who investigates a case involving a large amount of dirty money. The film is the first of eight films in the Vares series. The first sequel, V2: Dead Angel, was released in 2007.