The Big Freeze

The Big Freeze (1993)

A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Everything that can go wrong for these plumbers goes wrong.

Date of release
1993-11-17
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
45m
Genres
Comedy, TV Movie
Director
Eric Sykes

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Tampere

The Big Freeze is a 1993 featurette-length film written and directed by Eric Sykes. The action centres on mishaps involving a father and son plumbing team attending to business in sub-zero temperatures at a retirement home in Finland. Like other Sykes directorial vehicles, the piece is a silent comedy with a star cast – here including Bob Hoskins, John Mills, Donald Pleasence and Spike Milligan.

Production

The film was shot in Hervanta and Teisko, both districts in Tampere, Finland.

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