Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991)

  • S
  • 07/26/1991 (FI)
  • Drama, Comedy, Music
  • 1h 30m

Overview

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Mika Kaurismäki

Director, Story, Screenplay

Sakke Järvenpää

Story

Pauli Pentti

Story

Cast

Silu Seppälä's headshot

Silu Seppälä

Antti Autiomaa, "Zombie"
Marjo Leinonen's headshot

Marjo Leinonen

Marjo
Matti Pellonpää's headshot

Matti Pellonpää

Harri
Vieno Saaristo's headshot

Vieno Saaristo

Äiti
Juhani Niemelä's headshot

Juhani Niemelä

Antin isä
Kauko Laurikainen's headshot

Kauko Laurikainen

Lääkäri
Sakke Järvenpää's headshot

Sakke Järvenpää

Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kitaristi
Mato Valtonen's headshot

Mato Valtonen

Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kontrabasisti

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