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
![Markku Peltola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/617/158617529_722b9f.jpg)
Markku Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Kati Outinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/735/163735672_c4337b.png)
Kati Outinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
![Juhani Niemelä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/520/158520796_e5072f.jpg)
Juhani Niemelä
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Kaija Pakarinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/587/158587436_d6cbe0.jpg)
Kaija Pakarinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
![Sakari Kuosmanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743005_a947b4.jpg)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
![Annikki Tähti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/124/158124121_9b1297.jpg)
Annikki Tähti
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Anneli Sauli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/120/158120199_1b54fd.jpg)
Anneli Sauli
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Dark Eyes of London (1961)
![Elina Salo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/879/161879352_2106b0.jpg)
Elina Salo
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Outi Mäenpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278376_a6e1d3.jpg)
Outi Mäenpää
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Esko Nikkari](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/677/158677712_06f826.jpg)
Esko Nikkari
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Winter War (1989)
Ariel (1988)
![Pertti Sveholm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426479_d6e1b4.jpg)
Pertti Sveholm
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Matti Wuori
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Aino Seppo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/676/158676332_52e1d1.jpg)
Aino Seppo
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
The Worthless (1982)
Crime and Punishment (1983)
![Janne Hyytiäinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275662_5d43d9.jpg)
Janne Hyytiäinen
Best movies:
Fallen Leaves (2023)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
![Antti Reini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/977/160977881_c909f1.jpg)
Antti Reini
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Marko Haavisto
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Jukka Teerisaari
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Jouni Saario
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Jyrki Telilä
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Risto Korhonen
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Sisu (2022)