''Rentun Ruusu'' ( en, The Rose of the Rascal) is a 2001

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biographical film drama directed and written by

Timo Koivusalo Timo Johannes Koivusalo (born 31 October 1963) is a Finnish actor, director, writer, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was '' Rentun Ruusu'', released in 2001. Life and career Koivusalo was born in Pori, and trained as a ...

. The film is based on the life of Antti Yrjö Hammarberg (Irwin Goodman) who is still today a very popular singer in Finland. The film stars

Martti Suosalo Martti Juhani Suosalo (born 19 July 1962) is a Finnish actor and singer. Suosalo was born in Oulu, and began his career in 1986 with an appearance in a TV series. He began to work as a regular actor on Finnish television but also appeared in s ...

and Ilkka Koivula with

Vexi Salmi Veikko Olavi "Vexi" Salmi (; 21 September 1942 – 8 September 2020) was a Finnish lyricist. He wrote the lyrics to numerous popular songs for several prominent artists, including Irwin Goodman, Jari Sillanpää, and Katri Helena. His career ...

as narrator. The film premiered in

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on 12 January 2001. The name ''Rentun ruusu'' is from Irwin Goodman's song, and the album ''Rentun ruusu'' was his biggest and sold 125,000 copies. By 5 April 2001 it took $2,236,169 at the box office, and it was the most watched Finnish movie of 2001. The film won an award and nomination at the

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Cast

Main cast

...

Irwin Goodman Antti Yrjö Hammarberg (14 September 1943 – 14 January 1991), professionally known as Irwin Goodman, was a popular Finnish rock and folk singer. In the late 1960s he was widely known as a protest singer. He recorded over 300 songs, most of which ...

* Ilkka Koivula ... Vexi Salmi *

... Narrator *

Esko Nikkari Esko Nikkari (23 November 1938 – 17 December 2006) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He was born in Lapua, and made his screen debut in 1974 in the movie ''Karvat''. Nikkari was a workhorse ...

... Väiski *Eeva-Maija Haukinen ... Irwin's mom, Kirsti Hammarberg *Hannu Kivioja ... Kaspar *Riitta Salminen ... Riitta Feirikki-Hammarberg *Matti Mäntylä ...

Toivo Kärki Toivo Pietari Johannes Kärki (; 3 December 1915 – 30 April 1992) was a Finnish composer, musician, music producer and arranger. He is especially remembered for his collaboration with Reino Helismaa. Kärki composed approximately 1400 reco ...

*Tom Lindholm ... Eikka *Kunto Ojansivu ... Alpo * Raimo Grönberg ... Honkanen *Mikko Kivinen ... Tappi Suojanen *Seppo Sallinen ... Keihänen *Erkki Ruokokoski ... Ilmari Kianto *Timo Julkunen ... Mape *Maarit Niiniluoto ... Radiohaastattelija *Harri Ekonen ... Lentäjä 1 *Aimo Santaoja ... Lentäjä 2 *Matti Nurminen ... Taksikuski torilla *Kai Tanner ... Taksikuski lentokentällä *Raimo Viitanen ... Nimismies *Seppo Helenius ... Virkamies *Risto Luukko ... Tuomari *Sonja Saarinen ... Kaija *Tapani Mäki ... Vartija 2 *Johanna Jokela ... Nuori ihailijatyttö

Minor cast

*Jevgeni Haukka ... Venäläinen tullimies 1 *Martti-Mikael Järvinen ... Otto *Timo Nissi ... Eki *Martti Palo ... Erik Lindström *Alexander Pritoup ... Venäläinen tullimies 2 *Taneli Rinne ... Verotarkastaja *Raino Rissanen ... Vartija 1 *Kielo Tommila ... Aila *Andrei Tsumak ... Venäläinen tullimies 3 *Harry Viita ... Ralliperuna

External links

* *http://www.yle.fi/tv2draama/rentunruusu/index.html *http://www.artistafilmi.fi/RentunRuusu_sivut/vexinmuistelu.html 2000s Finnish-language films 2001 films Finnish biographical films Films directed by Timo Koivusalo 2000s biographical films {{Bio-film-stub