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Aki Kaurismaki - what members say

Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet / The Cello review by from Darlo, England

Kaurismaki, Herzog, Jarmusch, Wenders. 2 October 2005
...Aki Kaurismaki, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders. All my favourite directors on one DVD, absolutly brilliant. This DVD could have been made especially for me. Whoever... Read customer review

Aki Kaurismaki - filmography

Lights In The Dusk on DVD (2006)
Starring: Janne Hyytiainen, Maria Heiskanen, Maria Jarvenhelmi
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Concluding cult filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki's "loser trilogy" that began with "Drifting Clouds" and "The Man Without A Past", "Lights In The Dusk" is a blackly comic cautionary tale of loneliness and exploitation. Janne Hyytiainen plays Koistinen, a shy and awkward night watchman shunned by his ..read more »

61% from 701 members

Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet / The Cello (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Ana Sofia Liano
Director: Aki Kaurismaki, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch
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Fifteen of the world's top directors including Bernardo Bertolucci, Wim Wenders, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch and Jean-luc Godard give a personal view on the nature of time...

56% from 1,018 member

The Man Without A Past on DVD (2002)
Starring: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemela
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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An unidentified man gets severely beaten by a trio of thugs and ends up in the hospital, where he dies--but suddenly reawakens without knowing who he is. He wanders into a small, poverty-stricken community where families live in small containers and a night out means dinner at the Salvation Army. ..read more »

67% from 2,143 members

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Juha on DVD (1999)
Starring: Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Andre Wilms
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Kaurismäki brings his trademark wistfulness, irony and absurdist humour to the conventions of the silent film, utilising beautiful black and white photography, inter-titles and a lush, melodramatic score. Following the fortunes of Juha, an earnest farm worker whose wife is seduced away from him by ..read more »

71% from 103 members

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Drifti... on DVD (1996)
Starring: Kati Outinen, Markku Peltola, Kari Vaananen
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Among Kaurismäki's finest films, 'Drifting Clouds' follows the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess ilona and her tram driver husband lauri, who find themselves unemployed at the same time. Embarking on an unforgiving search for work in a recession-hit Helsinki, Kaurismäki's comic masterpiece ..read more »

74% from 205 members

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Take C... on DVD (1994)
Starring: Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpaa, Kirsi Tykkylainen
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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This droll tale of longing and awkward romance follows two misfits - a coffee addict and a vodka soaked mechanic - as they hit the road in their Sovietbuilt Volga. Along the way they manage to pick up two women, the Estonian Tatjana (Kati Outinen) and the buxom Russian Klavdia, despite sharing no ..read more »

74% from 138 members

The Liar on DVD (1981)
Starring: Aki Kaurismaki
Director: Mika Kaurismaki
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THE LIAR tells the story of Ville Alfa, a young drifter with a penchant for lying. These half-truths usually work to his advantage, allowing him to seduce girls and sponge money off friends, family, and total strangers. But he takes things too far when he lies about the death of his brother...

65% from 55 members

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.3 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Includes: Crime and Punishment; Calamari Union; Hamlet Goes Business; La Vie De Boheme.

74% from 142 members

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpaa, Kirsi Tykkylainen
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Three classic films from acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki. Includes TAKE CARE OF YOUR SCARF TATJANA, DRIFTING CLOUDS and JUHA.

75% from 249 members

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.1 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Matti Pellonpaa, Kati Outinen
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Three classic films from acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki. Includes THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL, ARIEL and SHADOWS IN PARADISE.

76% from 331 members

The Aki Kaurismaki Collection - Leningra... (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Twist-Twist Erkinharju, Ben Granfelt, Sakke Jarvenpaa
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
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Directed by acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki and featuring one of the greatest cult bands the world has ever known, this collection brings together two feature films and one live show. Includes LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA, LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES and TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW.

67% from 386 members

Aki Kaurismaki facts

5 most recent films

Lights In The Dusk - 3.0 stars
Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet / The Cello - 3.0 stars
The Man Without A Past - 3.5 stars
Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Juha - 3.5 stars
Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Drifting Clouds - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.1 - 4.0 stars
Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.3 - 3.5 stars
Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Take Care Of Your Scarf, Tatjana - 3.5 stars
Aki Kaurismaki Collection Vol.2 - Drifting Clouds - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet / The Cello - 3.0 stars
Lights In The Dusk - 3.0 stars
The Liar - 3.5 stars
The Aki Kaurismaki Collection - Leningrad Cowboys - 3.5 stars
The Man Without A Past - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kati Outinen - 9 times - show films
Matti Pellonpaa - 7 times - show films
Markku Peltola - 5 times - show films
Asmo Hurula - 4 times - show films
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Werner Herzog - 3 times - show films
Jim Jarmusch - 2 times - show films
Victor Erice - 1 times - show films
Mika Kaurismaki - 1 times - show films
Wi - 1 times - show films