Dog Nail Clipper 2004
6.7 / 10
Dog Nail Clipper
Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
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... Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen
... Eetvi Manninen
... Ville Kuosmanen
... Foreman Luti
... Horseman Turpeinen
... epämukava Leinonen
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Release Date:
Feb 13, 2004 (Finland)
Run Time:
1hr 45`
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Finnish
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Finland
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Released
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... Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen
... Eetvi Manninen
... Ville Kuosmanen
... Foreman Luti
... Horseman Turpeinen
... epämukava Leinonen
... Kämppäukko
... Lääkäri
... Taimi Kuosmanen
... Asemamies
... Opettajatar
... Humu
... Kuljettaja
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Sami Haapala... Tekomies
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Heimo Kärnä... Tekomies
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