Helsinki, Forever
7.6
“City Symphony”
Helsinki, Forever is a montage film about the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws a portrait of Helsinki and also acts as an essay on Finnish culture in a wider sense. It shows Helsinki as captured by leading Finnish feature film and documentary makers over a period of one hundred years.
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Cast
27 people
Peter von Bagh
Narrator (voice)
Also in
The Man Without a Past
Drifting Clouds
Erja Manto
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Studio Julmahuvi
Viimeiset siemenperunat
Siiri Angerkoski
Siiri Angerkoski
Also in
Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä
Aliisa
Jouko Aaltonen
Also in
Aikalainen
Paavo Haavikko
Sulevi Peltola
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Deadwind
Lights in the Dusk
Ritva Arvelo
Ritva Arvelo
Also in
Radio tekee murron
Radio tulee hulluksi
Arvi Kivimaa
Susanna Haavisto
Susanna Haavisto
Known for
Ariel
Arctic Circle
Eino Leino
Ansa Ikonen
Ansa Ikonen
Known for
Telefon
Aila Meriluoto
Peter von Bagh Director · Henrik Otto Donner Composer Petteri Evilampi Editor
Budget $147K · United States release June 12, 2011 · Produced in Finland
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Budget
$147,000
Production
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Production
Finland
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Languages
Original title
Helsinki, ikuisesti
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · August 15, 2008
Theatrical · Source: IMDb
United States · June 12, 2011
DocPoint NYC
Canada
November 26, 2009 · Cinematheque Ontario
Italy
May 5, 2011 · Trento Film Festival
Portugal
October 28, 2009 · Cinemateca Portuguesa
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