Sibelius

Sep 12, 2003

2h 1m

★ 4.0

Overview

Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Artista Filmi

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Cast

Sibelius

Martti Suosalo

Vanha Jean Sibelius

Heikki Nousiainen

Aino Sibelius

Miina Turunen

Vanha Aino Sibelius

Seela Sella

Robert Kajanus

Vesa Vierikko

Martin Wegelius

Raimo Grönberg

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Jarmo Mäkinen

Armas Järnefelt

Tapani Kalliomäki

Adolf Paul

Kunto Ojansivu

Maria Sibelius

Rea Mauranen

Linda Sibelius

Kirsi Tarvainen

Christian Sibelius

Christian Sandström

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