

The Saimaa Gesture
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
128 min
Release Date
1981-09-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Finnish
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
6.9
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
Tarja Leskinen
Self
Antti Pakarinen
Self - Captain of SS Heinävesi
Tapio Vanhatalo
Self
Jukka Tapio Wallenius
Self
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)
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