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The Liar

The Liar1981

★6.253 minComedyDrama

Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.

Director

Mika Kaurismäki

Writer

Aki Kaurismäki Pauli Pentti

Score

Stars

Aki Kaurismäki Pirkko Hämäläinen Juuso Hirvikangas

Cast25

Aki Kaurismäki
as Ville Alfa
Pirkko Hämäläinen
as Tuula
Juuso Hirvikangas
as Juuso
Matti Pellonpää
as Fan of Chandler
L
Lars Lindberg
as Harri
M
Mikko Mattila
as Fan of Hemingway
Eija Vilpas
as Woman at Bar Counter
Markku Peltola
as Ball thrower in Mermaid Hall
Mikko Kivinen
as Sturdy Ball Thrower in Mermaid Hall
J
Juice Leskinen
as Himself
E
Esa Sirkkunen
as Olli
J
Jukka Järvelä
as Man at Bar Counter
M
Marja Heiskanen
as Kiosk Vendor
T
Toni Sulzbeck
as Bum
T
Taina Nyström
as Girl in Pavement Cafe
J
Juhani Tommola
as Doorman
R
Reino Markkanen
P
Paula Kaurismäki
T
Tapio Saariaho
V
Virve Larimo
J
Jukka Anttila
T
Tinnu Suninen
K
Kalevi Kannisto
A
Anne-Mari Salo
M
Markku Oikkonen

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