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The Match Factory Girl

The Match Factory Girl (1992)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

K
Kati Outinen
as Iris Rukka
E
Elina Salo
as Mother
E
Esko Nikkari
as Stepfather
V
Vesa Vierikko
as Aarne
R
Reijo Taipale
as Singer
S
Silu Seppälä
as Brother
O
Outi Mäenpää
as Co-Worker
M
Marja Packalén
as Doctor
R
Richard Reitinger
as Man in Bar
H
Helka Viljanen
as Clerk
K
Kurt Siilas
as Police Officer
I
Ismo Keinänen
as Police Officer
K
Klaus Heydemann
as Worker
E
Erkki Friman
as Accordionist
T
Tapani Ikonen
as Drummer
J
Jari Lappalainen
as Violinist
L
Lasse Luoto
as Bassist

Crew

A
Aki Kaurismäki
Director
T
Timo Salminen
Director of Photography
A
Aki Kaurismäki
Producer
K
Klas Olofsson
Producer
K
Katinka Faragó
Producer
A
Aki Kaurismäki
Editor
A
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer
R
Risto Karhula
Production Design
K
Klaus Heydemann
Production Manager
J
Jaakko Talaskivi
Production Manager
B
Börje Hellén
Assistant Camera
P
Pekka Uotila
Assistant Camera
O
Olli Varja
Gaffer
O
Olavi Tuomi
Gaffer
J
Juuso Hirvikangas
Sound Assistant
T
Tom Forsström
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
J
Jaana Puhakka
Extras Casting
H
Heikki Ukkonen
Property Master
K
Kari Laine
Location Manager
M
Marja-Leena Hukkanen
Script Supervisor
M
Marja-Leena Hukkanen
Still Photographer
H
Haije Alanoja
Production Secretary
S
Sinikka Usvamaa
Accountant
E
Erkki Astala
Publicist
P
Pirjo Laivuori
Colorist
E
Eila Karkkunen
Negative Cutter
J
Jan-Eric Nyström
Title Designer
M
Mauri Laaksonen
Title Designer
N
Nina Jansson
Sound Editor
P
Pauli Pentti
Assistant Director
J
Jouko Lumme
Sound

Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy

The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismäki are pitched somewhere in the wintry nether lands between comedy and tragedy. And rarely in his body of work has the line separating those genres seemed thinner than in what is often identified as his "Proletariat Trilogy," Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl. In these three films, something like social-realist farces, Kaurismäki surveys the working-class outcasts of his native Finland with detached yet disarming amusement. Featuring commanding, off-key visual compositions and delightfully dour performances, the films in this triptych exemplify the talents of a unique and highly influential film artist.