Dog Nail Clipper (Koirankynnen leikkaaja) 20 years old

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...

Credits

Peter Franzén as Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen

Ville Virtanen as Foreman Luti

Taisto Reimaluoto as Eetvi Manninen

Risto Salmi as Horseman Turpeinen

Timo Lavikainen as epämukava Leinonen

Dog Nail Clipper Cast

Name	Character
Peter Franzén He was 32, now 52 years old	as Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen
Ville Virtanen He was 42, now 62 years old	as Foreman Luti
Taisto Reimaluoto He was 42, now 62 years old	as Eetvi Manninen
Risto Salmi He was 62, 74 years old when he died	as Horseman Turpeinen
Timo Lavikainen He was 32, now 52 years old	as epämukava Leinonen

Dog Nail Clipper Crew

Name	Department
Markku Pölönen as Director. He was 46 (now 66) years old	Directing

Dog Nail Clipper (20 years)

Release day: Thursday, February 12, 2004
Runtime: 105 minutes