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Film / 2022
The Grump: In Search of an Escort
Directed by
Mika Kaurismäki
Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.
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Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.
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The Grump Collection
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Cast
Heikki KinnunenThe Grump
Kari VäänänenTarmo
Iikka ForssHessu
Ville TiihonenPekka
Tiina LymiKatri
Mari PerankoskiLiisa
Silu SeppäläKolehmainen
Rosalie ThomassMaria
Samu HaberOtto
Roope LappalainenOlavi
Emelia LevySäde
Sisu NorhomaaIlo
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Tom ChurMax
Jasper ForsellMielensäpahoittaja pienenä
Valtteri LaariTarmo pienenä
Pekka StrangLarsson
Betadi MandungaTerveyskeskuslääkäri
Henna TanskanenPankkivirkailija
Ville MyllyrinneTurvatarkastaja
Mette Amanada von BruunVauva
Altamasch NoorTaksikuski
Vivian MahlerVastaanottovirkailija
Sabine UrigKirsten
Jochen NickelAutomyyjä
Holger DexneAutokorjaaja
Antonia Elisa SandrockLääkäri
Erkki HopfTulkki
Lars NagelRosvo
Marcel StefanskiRosvo
Gosta LiptowPoliisi
Andreas GrötzingerLääkäri
Hannah DalmeyerEnsihoitaja
Petra FreyHertta
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