Dog Nail Clipper

The story

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...

Cast & crew

Peter FranzénMertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen

Taisto ReimaluotoEetvi Manninen

Ahti KuoppalaVille Kuosmanen

Ville VirtanenForeman Luti

Risto SalmiHorseman Turpeinen

Timo Lavikainenepämukava Leinonen

Leo LastumäkiKämppäukko

Simo TamminenLääkäri

Vieno SaaristoTaimi Kuosmanen

Hannu Virolainen

Hannu VirolainenAsemamies

Riitta Piironen

Riitta PiironenOpettajatar

Seppo Timonen

Seppo TimonenHumu