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

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