Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen

Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen

57 (1968-01-01)
Imatra, Finland

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Princess 2010 (5.9)

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.
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When Heroes Lie 2012 (6.806)

A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.
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A Patriotic Man 2013 (5.529)

Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.
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Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings 2021

A filmmaker tells about her vision of directing a neo-western about two newcomers in Finland. When violence on the imaginary frontier escalates in the form of a flying potato, the ‘fictitious’ figures begin to speak about their real experiences.