Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Watch Movie

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

2006

2h 21m

5.5(40 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Cast & Crew

93 members

Acting

Jasper Pääkkönen

Matti

Acting

Elina Hietala

Taina

No Image

Acting

Juha Veijonen

Maisteri

Acting

Peter Franzén

Nick Nevada

Acting

Elina Knihtilä

Mirva

Acting

Kari Hietalahti

Hammer

Acting

Jope Ruonansuu

Oksanen

Acting

Jani Volanen

Nipa

Acting

Jussi Lampi

Jorma Tapio

Acting

Toni Wahlström

Ylianttila

Acting

Matias Hangasmaa

Antti

No Image

Acting

Seppo Pääkkönen

Matti's Father

No Image

Acting

Maija Junno

Matti's Mother

Acting

Matti Onnismaa

Salmela

Acting

Jarmo Perälä

Mauri

Acting

Andreas af Enehielm

Puikkonen

Acting

Teemu Aromaa

Kojonkoski

Acting

Pekka Laiho

Unknown Role

Acting

Turkka Mastomäki

Doctor

Acting

Pekka Huotari

Doctor

Acting

Pekka Autiovuori

Unknown Role

Acting

Heikki Nousiainen

Unknown Role

Acting

Juho Milonoff

Pertsa

Acting

Sara Melleri

Kati

Acting

Marko Tiusanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jan Nyquist

Jarppa

No Image

Acting

Mika Nuojua

Niiranen

No Image

Acting

Anu Sinisalo

Unknown Role

Acting

Santeri Kinnunen

Unknown Role

Acting

Niko Saarela

Jens Weissflog

Acting

Pauliina Hukkanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Salla Paajanen

Talk Show-emäntä

No Image

Acting

Ilkka Vainio

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pekka Karhuvaara

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Simo Rantalainen

Rantalainen

No Image

Acting

Petteri Ahomaa

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Miisa Hangasmaa

Antti's Mother

No Image

Acting

Niki Lahtiperä

Matti as Child

No Image

Acting

Simo Ruuskanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Lotta Lindroos

Melinda (voice)

Sound

Torsti Spoof

Pertsa's Friend

No Image

Acting

Olli Paakkanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Anu Kiiveri

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Mari Kasvi

Unknown Role

No Image

Production

Markus Selin

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Olli Halonen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Mikko Niemistö

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Juha Heimonen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Ida Henriksson

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Enni Tuovinen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Petri Mäkelä

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Matti Taponen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Harri Väreluoto

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pekka Honkanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jarmo Koivu

Unknown Role

No Image

Production

Rampe Toivonen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Juha Salmen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Vilho Udd

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Seppo Koivula

Police Officer

No Image

Acting

Esko Mäkelä

Police Officer

No Image

Acting

Kirsi Uskali

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Petri Lönnqvist

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Marko Jokinen

Best Man

No Image

Crew

Juha Pursiainen

Jyry

No Image

Visual Effects

Tuomo Hintikka

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Teemu Heino

Police Officer

No Image

Acting

Marko Grek

Police Officer

No Image

Acting

Pentti Loikkanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pekka Ylitarvas

Police Officer

No Image

Acting

Heikki Tallinen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Niko Koskinen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jukka Jalkanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Kari Hakala

Unknown Role

Acting

Minna Hänninen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Harri Blomqvist

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Lauri Sahlstedt

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Markku Haukijärvi

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pekka Valkeisenmäki

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Jorma Sairanen

Unknown Role

Acting

Janne Miettinen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Ilkka Lehto

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Julius Telivuo

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Maija Kurki

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Silja Liikanen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Meiju Granholm

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Katja Kettunen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Pia Tapanainen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Svetlana Iivonen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Teemu Aaltonen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Juha Fransas

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Petri Salonen

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Heini Harjaluoma

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Johanna Laitinen

Unknown Role

No Image

Similar Movies

5.3

1982

Antonieta

Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.

Movie

6.2

2010

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.

Movie

6.6

1990

Reversal of Fortune

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Movie

6.4

1966

Walk Don't Run

During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.

Movie

6.4

1980

Melvin and Howard

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

Movie

1949

Orpopojan valssi

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful couplet singer - the "king of couplets".

Movie

6.1

1997

Wild America

Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, bears and moose.

Movie

4.8

2010

Camping 2

Jean-Pierre Savelli is a forty-something employee of an insurance company in Clermont-Ferrand who finds himself facing a mid-life crisis. When his fiancée Valérie decides to put their relationship on hold, he changes his holiday plans and heads for the Flots Bleus camping site near Arcachon. Jean-Pierre had been hoping for peace and calm. Instead he meets Patrick Chirac and his entourage of inveterate holidaymakers...

Movie

7.8

2018

Yonlu

A fiction film based on the real story of a 16 year-old boy who, aided by the internet, won over the world with his talent for music and art. Fluent in five languages, Yonlu had a network of virtual friends on all continents. However, no one suspected he was also taking part in a forum for potential suicide.

Movie

6.6

1951

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.

Movie

4.8

1957

Musta rakkaus

Marjatta lives in poor conditions in Tampere with her widowed father Arttu who works as a factory worker. Marjatta gets to know engineering student Pauli whose constantly worsening mental health problems and jealousy become a threat to Marjatta and her close circle.

Movie

1961

Kertokaa se hänelle…

Mauno, an orphan boy, moves from the countryside to Tampere to live with his foster parents, Iida and Eero, who support him in his music studies. As an adult, Mauno travels to Helsinki to search for Helena, a Karelian girl he rescued during the war, who is studying violin. At first, the girl does not recognize Mauno, but a joint concert changes the situation.

Movie

5.3

2007

Gandhi, My Father

Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraught and resorts to alcoholism.

Movie

6.3

2010

Ondine

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.

Movie

1976

Život na úteku

In Slovakia, they often and gladly honored those soldiers who refused to serve the fascist regime and stood against it. Lieutenant Kukorelli also rejected the tempting career of a pilot, instead helping the resistance fighters and later participating in the Slovak National Uprising.

Movie

6.3

2017

The Eternal Feminine

Rosario Castellanos is an introverted university student who doesn't seem to belong to her time. In the early 1950s in Mexico City, she is fighting to have voice heard in a society run by men. She is about to become one of the biggest female writers in Mexican literature, but her tumultuous love story with Ricardo Guerra will manifest her fragility and contradictions. At the peak of her career and her marriage, she will ignite a discussion that will mark a turning point in her life.

Movie

6.8

1956

Anastasia

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.

Movie

7.1

1943

Madame Curie

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.

Movie

6.1

2009

Take Off

Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.

Movie

6.3

2001

An American Rhapsody

A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.

Movie

Recommended Movies

6.9

2021

Love Hard

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

Movie

6.1

2012

Road North

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other again.

Movie

3.0

2007

Andre omgang

Andre omgang is the story of a father and his two sons trying to adjust to life's later summers; the father becomes a member of a singles' club, Sverre joins a swingers club, and Erik finds a new woman to live with. The three of them are passionate supporters of Skeid Football Club.

Movie

7.7

2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider. Hiccup and Toothless find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior.

Movie

7.6

2016

Deadpool

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

6.7

2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

Movie

7.3

2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

Movie

7.9

2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

Movie

7.8

2012

The Avengers

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

Movie

5.9

2016

Suicide Squad

From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.

Movie

7.6

2017

Get Out

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Movie

7.4

2016

Captain America: Civil War

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

Movie

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

7.9

2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

Movie

5.8

2014

Annabelle

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Movie

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

6.8

2016

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

Movie

7.6

2007

Hot Fuzz

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

Movie

6.7

2008

Yes Man

Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.

Movie

8.2

2018

Avengers: Infinity War

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

Movie

6.0

2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

Movie

8.1

2023

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Movie