Spede

Spede (2023)

The story about the life and career of Pertti 'Spede' Pasanen, it traces the iconic entertainer's most innovative phase of filmmaking. The film sheds light on behind-the-scenes events from the late 1960s to the birth story and popularity of Uuno Turhapuro, and Spede's tireless fight for the entertainment industry against the artistic film circles of the time.

Date of release
2023-09-29
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
Aleksi Delikouras

Casting

Interesting facts

Spede is a 2023 Finnish biographical film directed by Aleksi Delikouras. The film is about the lives of Pertti "Spede" Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen and Ere Kokkonen in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the Uuno Turhapuro character had just been invented.

Development

The script for the film was written by Delikouras together with Antti Heikkinen. The script was based on Tuomas Marjamäki's biographical books Spede, nimittäin (2017) and Uuno on numero yksi - Turhapuron koko tarina (2021).

The film was produced by Olli Haikka and Marko Talli for the company Yellow Film & TV. The film is broadcast by Nordisk Film. MTV3 and C More have acquired the streaming rights for the film. The budget for the film was 2 million euro. The Finnish Film Foundation has supported the film with 600 thousand euro. The film was shot on 35 mm and 8 mm film.

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