Highlights
Shadows in Paradise

Shadows in Paradise (1990) - Full Cast and Crew

1990Movie
Audience Score
73

Cast

M
Matti Pellonpää
as Nikander
K
Kati Outinen
as Ilona
S
Sakari Kuosmanen
as Melartin
E
Esko Nikkari
as Nikander's Co-Worker
K
Kylli Köngäs
as Ilona's Friend
P
Pekka Laiho
as Store Manager
J
Jukka-Pekka Palo
as Third Man
S
Svante Korkiakoski
as Police Officer
M
Mari Rantasila
as Nikander's Sister
S
Safka Pekkonen
as Pianist
A
Antti Ortamo
as 2nd Pianist
M
Mato Valtonen
as Pelle
S
Sakke Järvenpää
as Staffan
U
Ulla Kuosmanen
as Melartin's Wife
N
Neka Haapanen
as Cook
P
Pentti Koski
as Singer
A
Ari Korhonen
as Man in Restaurant
T
Teuvo Rissanen
as Police Officer
E
Erkki Rissanen
as Porter
S
Sirkka Silin
as Woman in Restaurant
M
Marina Martinoff
as Hostess
J
Jussi Tiitinen
as Garbage Man / Bartender
R
Riikka Kuosmanen
as Melartin's Daughter
E
Eskil Mansikka
as Keyboardist (uncredited)
J
Jaakko Talaskivi
as Guard (uncredited)
H
Haije Alanoja
as Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)
B
Bertta Pellonpää
as Bingo Player (uncredited)
H
Helmeri Pellonpää
as Bingo Player (uncredited)
M
Marja-Leena Hukkanen
as Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)
A
Aki Kaurismäki
as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
O
Olli Varja
as Customer (uncredited)
T
Tanja Talaskivi
as Woman in Cinema (uncredited)
J
Jukka Mäkinen
as Garbage Man (uncredited)

Crew

A
Aki Kaurismäki
Director
R
Raija Talvio
Editor
M
Mika Kaurismäki
Producer
A
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer
H
Heikki Ortamo
Assistant Camera
T
Timo Markko
Assistant Camera
O
Olli Varja
Gaffer
M
Mikko Mattila
Gaffer
J
Juuso Hirvikangas
Sound Assistant
H
Heikki Ukkonen
Location Manager
J
Jukka Nykänen
Assistant Editor
J
Jouko Lumme
Sound Editor
H
Haije Alanoja
Production Secretary
E
Eila Karkkunen
Negative Cutter
T
Timo Salminen
Director of Photography
P
Pertti Hilkamo
Production Design
J
Jouko Lumme
Production Sound Mixer
K
Kjell Westman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
T
Timo Nousiainen
Colorist
T
Tuula Hilkamo
Costume Design
L
Leena Kouhia
Makeup Artist
P
Pauli Pentti
Assistant Director
J
Jaakko Talaskivi
Production Manager
M
Marja-Leena Hukkanen
Still Photographer
M
Marja-Leena Hukkanen
Script Supervisor

Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy Movies

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.