Zombie and the ghost train
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Zombie and the ghost train |
| Original title | Zombie yes kummitusjuna |
| Country of production | Finland |
| original language | Finnish , English , Turkish |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mika Kaurismäki |
| script | Mika Kaurismäki, Sakke Järvenpää (story), Mika Kaurismäki (story), Pauli Pentti (story) |
| production | Mika Kaurismäki |
| music | Mauri Sumén |
| camera | Olli Varja |
| cut | Mika Kaurismäki |
| occupation | |
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Zombie and the Ghost Train is a Finnish feature film directed by Mika Kaurismäki from 1991 .
action
The young and lethargic bassist Antti, whom his friends only call Zombie, returns from Istanbul to his home country Finland. As soon as he arrives, he is called up for military service, which he does only reluctantly. After Zombie had added turpentine to the soup for the officers while on duty in the kitchen , he was immediately released. He goes to Helsinki and tries to regain a foothold in life. There Zombie moves into his parents' garage and vegetates to himself. His ex-girlfriend Marjo gets back together with him and breaks up with her boyfriend over a zombie. His old friend Harri first got him a job as a roadie and then as a bass player.
But the aimless musician, who is looking for a meaning, cannot cope with his existence and is becoming increasingly addicted to alcohol. In addition, Zombie falls out with his girlfriend Marjo and gets involved with criminals, making him criminal. To avoid punishment, Zombie flees to Istanbul. His friend Harri travels after him and tracks him down, but fails to pull Zombie out of his indolence and bring him back to Finland.
useful information
- Zombie and the Ghost Train is also known under the international English title Zombie and the Ghost Train .
- The film was awarded three times at the national film award of Finland, the Jussi , in 1992 . The director, the cameraman and the main actor received the Jussi Award.
- The song Solitude by the music group Black Sabbath is used several times in the film.
- Some members of the Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys play members of the band Mulefukker in the film . Silu Seppälä himself was the bass player for the Leningrad Cowboys from 1989 to 2000.
reception
Reviews
Cinema.de states that Mika Kaurismäki succeeded in stepping out of the shadow of his younger brother Aki for the first time with “this Finnish road movie” . "With simple, poetic means" tell "Mika the story of a loser, the lethargic rock bassist Zombie ..."
The Munich Film Festival describes the film as a "disturbing, very melancholy psychodrama."
The lexicon of international films sees a "darkly colored portrait of a loser type" and notes critically that the film "gets stuck in a superficial description of external circumstances and therefore does not do justice to the problem of alcoholism."
Awards
- 1991: Silver Shell Award in the Best Actor category for Silu Seppälä at the Spanish Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián
- 1991: Nomination for the Golden Shell Prize in the Best Director category for Mika Kaurismäki at the Spanish Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián
- 1992: Press award for Mika Kaurismäki at the former French Festival du cinéma nordique
- 1992: Jussi in the Best Director category for Mika Kaurismäki
- 1992: Jussi in the Best Actor category for Silu Seppälä
- 1992: Jussi in the Best Camera category for Olli Varja
Web links
- Zombie and the Ghost Train at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ZOMBIE AND THE GHOST TRAIN . In: Cinema.de, accessed on November 25, 2018.
- ↑ Zombie and the Ghost Train - Film Festival 2004 . In: Munich Film Festival
- ^ Zombie and the Ghost Train. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 25, 2018 .