Raid (2003 film) explained

Raid
Director:	Tapio Piirainen
Producer:	Claes Olsson
Starring:	Kai Lehtinen Mari Rantasila Oiva Lohtander Pekka Huotari Juha Muje Kirsti Väänänen
Music:	Pekka Marjanen
Cinematography:	Timo Heinänen
Editing:	Kauko Lindfors
Studio:	Kinoproduction
Runtime:	125 minutes
Country:	Finland
Language:	Finnish
Budget:	€1.5 million^[1]
Gross:	€744,053^[2]

Raid is a 2003 Finnish crime film directed by Tapio Piirainen. It is an adaptation of the 2000 television series of the same name (itself based on the novel series of the same name by Harri Nykänen^[3]). The screenplay was written by Nykänen and Piirainen.^[4]

Cast

• Kai Lehtinen as Raid
• Mari Rantasila as Tarja
• Oiva Lohtander as Police Lieutenant Jansson
• Kirsti Väänänen as Sergeant Susisaari
• Pekka Huotari as Police Sergeant Huusko
• Juha Muje as Sundman
• Markku Maalismaa as Horseman (Ratsumies)
• Harry Baer as Mark Hollander
• Lia Boysen as Venla
• Jorma Tommila as French Foreign Legionary
• Seppo Kulmala as Ponytail (Poninhäntä)
• Erik Kiviniemi as Scarface (Arpinaama)

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Raid . ses.fi . The Finnish Film Foundation . September 12, 2011.
2. Web site: FILMS IN FINLAND 2003 . ses.fi . The Finnish Film Foundation . PDF . September 12, 2011.
3. Web site: Raid-elokuva ei vedä katsojia toivotusti . https://archive.today/20120803201332/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/raid-elokuva-ei-veda-katsojia-toivotusti/art-1288337970826.html . dead . August 3, 2012 . February 4, 2003 . iltasanomat.fi . Sanoma News . Finnish . September 13, 2011.
4. Web site: Raid (2003) – Credits . elonet.fi . National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification . September 12, 2011.
5. Web site: Full cast and crew for Raid (2003) . imdb.com . The Internet Movie Database . September 12, 2011.