
The Liar
Visit website6.3/10 • 16
1981-02-27 • 0h 53m
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
- Directors
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Writters
- Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti
- Editors
- Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti, Antti Kari

The Liar
Visit website1981-02-27 • 0h 53m
6.3/10 • 16
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
- Directors
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Writters
- Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti
- Editors
- Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti, Antti Kari
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsAki Kaurismäki
Ville Alfa
Pirkko Hämäläinen
Tuula
Juuso Hirvikangas
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Matti Pellonpää
Fan of Chandler
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Harri
Mikko Mattila
Fan of Hemingway
Eija Vilpas
Woman at Bar Counter
Markku Peltola
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Mikko Kivinen
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- Status
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- Original Language
- Finnish
- Budget
- $27,630.00
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- Keywords
- aspiring writertrying to impress womenimpulsive drifter