Tears of April

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Tears of April
Directed by	Aku Louhimies
Written by	Jari Rantala
Based on	Käsky by Leena Lander
Produced by	Aleksi Bardy
Starring	Samuli Vauramo Pihla Viitala Eero Aho
Cinematography	Rauno Ronkainen
Edited by	Benjamin Mercer
Music by	Pessi Levanto
Production company	Helsinki-filmi
Distributed by	FS Film
Release dates	22 August 2008 (2008-08-22) (Espoo Film Festival) 29 August 2008 (2008-08-29) (Finland)
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish
Budget	€1.5 million[1]
Box office	€274,079 (domestic)[2]

Tears of April (Finnish: Käsky) is a 2008 Finnish war drama film directed by Aku Louhimies. Based on the novel Käsky by Leena Lander, the film is set in the final stages of the Finnish Civil War.^[3]

The film tells a story of a captured female Red Guard fighter, Miina, and the soldier Aaro who escorts her to her trial.^[4] The fictional character Emil Hallenberg is loosely based on the actual Erik Grotenfelt, a poet turned judge and executioner.

• Samuli Vauramo as Aaro Harjula
• Pihla Viitala as Miina Malin
• Eero Aho as Emil Hallenberg
• Eemeli Louhimies as Eino
• Miina Maasola as Martta
• Riina Maidre as Beata Hallenberg
• Sulevi Peltola as Konsta
• Oskar Pöysti as Paasonen

• Tears of April at IMDb
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