Rentun Ruusu () is a 2001 Finnish biographical film drama directed and written by Timo Koivusalo. The film is based on the life of Antti Yrjö Hammarberg (Irwin Goodman) who is still today a very popular singer in Finland. The film stars Martti Suosalo and Ilkka Koivula with Vexi Salmi as narrator. The film premiered in Helsinki on 12 January 2001. The name Rentun ruusu is from Irwin Goodman's song, and the album Rentun ruusu was his biggest and sold 125,000 copies.
By 5 April 2001 it took $2,236,169 at the box office, and it was the most watched Finnish movie of 2001. The film won an award and nomination at the Jussi Awards.
Cast Main cast Martti Suosalo ... Irwin Goodman Ilkka Koivula ... Vexi Salmi Vexi Salmi ... Narrator Esko Nikkari ... Väiski Eeva-Maija Haukinen ... Irwin's mom, Kirsti Hammarberg Hannu Kivioja ... Kaspar Riitta Salminen ... Riitta Feirikki-Hammarberg Matti Mäntylä ... Toivo Kärki Tom Lindholm ... Eikka Kunto Ojansivu ... Alpo Raimo Grönberg ... Honkanen
Mikko Kivinen ... Tappi Suojanen Seppo Sallinen ... Keihänen Erkki Ruokokoski ... Ilmari Kianto Timo Julkunen ... Mape Maarit Niiniluoto ... Radiohaastattelija Harri Ekonen ... Lentäjä 1 Aimo Santaoja ... Lentäjä 2 Matti Nurminen ... Taksikuski torilla Kai Tanner ... Taksikuski lentokentällä Raimo Viitanen ... Nimismies Seppo Helenius ... Virkamies Risto Luukko ... Tuomari Sonja Saarinen ... Kaija Tapani Mäki ... Vartija 2 Johanna Jokela ... Nuori ihailijatyttö
Minor cast
Jevgeni Haukka ... Venäläinen tullimies 1 Martti-Mikael Järvinen ... Otto Timo Nissi ... Eki Martti Palo ... Erik Lindström Alexander Pritoup ... Venäläinen tullimies 2 Taneli Rinne ... Verotarkastaja Raino Rissanen ... Vartija 1 Kielo Tommila ... Aila Andrei Tsumak ... Venäläinen tullimies 3 Harry Viita ... Ralliperuna
External links
http://www.yle.fi/tv2draama/rentunruusu/index.html http://www.artistafilmi.fi/RentunRuusu_sivut/vexinmuistelu.html