Matti: Hell Is for Heroes is a 2006 Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 biographical film

Biographical film

A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...

 about Finnish skijumper

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 Matti Nykänen

Matti Nykänen

Matti Ensio Nykänen is a Finnish former ski jumper who won five Olympic medals , nine World Championships medals and 22 Finnish Championships medals . Most notably, Nykänen won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most...

. The film was directed by Aleksi Mäkelä and written by Marko Leino. With 461,665 views it was the most watched film in Finland in 2006.

Cast

• Jasper Pääkkönen
  Jasper Pääkkönen
  Jasper Pääkkönen is a Finnish film actor who has appeared and starred in over 15 films. According to a calculation published by Finnish tabloid IltaSanomat, Pääkkönen is "the most profitable film actor in Finland" for having starred in numerous box office hits during his career...
  
   as Matti Nykänen
  Matti Nykänen
  Matti Ensio Nykänen is a Finnish former ski jumper who won five Olympic medals , nine World Championships medals and 22 Finnish Championships medals . Most notably, Nykänen won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most...
  
  , a four-time Olympic gold medalist
• Peter Franzén
  Peter Franzen
  Peter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...
  
   as Nick Nevada, a character based on Mike Sierra, Nykänen's manager
• Elina Hietala as Taina
• Juha Veijonen as Maisteri, based on Matti Pulli, a ski jumping coach
• Elina Knihtilä as Mirva, based on Mervi Tapola
• Jope Ruonansuu
  Jope Ruonansuu
  Jorma Olavi "Jope" Ruonansuu is a Finnish actor, impressionist, musician and stand-up comedian. He won the Best performer Venla award in 2010.- Films :* Ruuvit löysällä – singer...
  
   as Oksanen
• Kari Hietalahti as Hammer
• Jani Volanen as Nipa
• Jussi Lampi
  Jussi Lampi
  Jussi Lampi is a Finnish musician and long-time actor. Lampi has appeared in many films and TV shows, including V2 - jäätynyt enkeli , Matti , Pelikaanimies , Rölli ja metsänhenki , Ansa ja Oiva and Ruusun aika. It is believed that Lampi started his recording career in the band Bodyguards...
  
   as Jorma Tapio

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for the film, Musiikkia elokuvasta Matti, was released on January 11, 2006. It contains songs performed by Nykänen himself. Two tracks used in the film, "Pidä varas" and "Kingi" performed by Nykänen, were not included in the soundtrack album.