Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Annikki Tähti, Anneli Sauli, Elina Salo, Outi Mäenpää, Esko Nikkari (more)VOD (1)
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Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without a Past opens with the title character (Markku Peltola) being savagely beaten. At the hospital he is declared dead, but he sits up and walks out on his own power. He is taken in by a mother and her two sons, discovers an old jukebox that inspires local musicians, and discovers he has skills as a welder. When he becomes unwittingly involved in a bank robbery, and the man is unable to give the police his name, the cops send out feelers trying to figure out the man's identity. Soon his wife appears. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Pentti Kirstilä
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Olli Varja
Best movies:
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Ariel (1988)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Keijo Nyrhinen
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Juha (1999)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
![Liisa Mustonen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/727/158727993_33e9f5.jpg)
Liisa Mustonen
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021)
Pelicanman (2004)
![Sulevi Peltola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/418/158418066_fe3291.jpg)
Sulevi Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
Erkki Lahti
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
![Markku Pätilä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/881/159881956_3a541a.jpg)
Markku Pätilä
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
Helka Viljanen
Best movies:
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Juha (1999)
Eero Nykänen
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Silu Seppälä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/153/159153374_0334c2.jpg)
Silu Seppälä
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Erkki Puskala
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Henry Astikainen
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Juha Springare
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Jukka Salmi
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Aki Hirvensalo
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Pasi Kokkoniemi
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Mika Roiha
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
![Andrey Chernyshov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/194/161194149_4601df.jpg)
Andrey Chernyshov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Tankers (2018)
The Soul of a Spy (2015)
Matti Nylund
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Jouni Kortesato
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)