Zombie and the Ghost Train
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Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?
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Silu Seppälä
Antti Autiomaa, "Zombie"
Known for
Rocky VI
The Match Factory Girl
Marjo Leinonen
Marjo
Mika Kaurismaki
Matti Pellonpää
Harri
Known for
Shadows in Paradise
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Vieno Saaristo
Äiti
Also in
Päin perhettä
Tuomas Murasen rikos
Pauli Pentti
Also in
Train Birds
Ylösnousemus
Juhani Niemelä
Antin isä
Known for
Deadwind
The Man Without a Past
Kauko Laurikainen
Lääkäri
Also in
Viimeiset rotannahat
Commando Assault
Sakke Järvenpää
Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kitaristi
Known for
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Calamari Union
Mato Valtonen
Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kontrabasisti
Known for
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Rocky VI
Mauri Sumén
Mulefukkers-yhtyeen pianisti
Known for
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Jyri Närvänen
Mulefukkers-yhtyeen jäsen kitaristi
Known for
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
Mika Kaurismäki Director · Sakke Järvenpää Story Pauli Pentti Story
Budget $485K · First release July 26, 1991 · Produced in Finland
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Budget
$485,000
Production
Villealfa Filmproductions
Production
Marianna Films
Production
Finland
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Original title
Zombie ja Kummitusjuna
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish · Turkish
Release dates
Finland · July 26, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
July 26, 1991 · Limited theatrical
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