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Dog Nail Clipper 

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...
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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...

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Genre:Drama
Directed By:Markku Pölönen
Written By:Markku Pölönen
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Fennada-Filmi

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Markku Pölönen

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Peter Franzén

Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen

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Taisto Reimaluoto

Eetvi Manninen

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Ahti Kuoppala

Ville Kuosmanen

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Ville Virtanen

Foreman Luti

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Risto Salmi

Horseman Turpeinen

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Timo Lavikainen

epämukava Leinonen

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Leo Lastumäki

Kämppäukko

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Simo Tamminen

Lääkäri

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Vieno Saaristo

Taimi Kuosmanen

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Hannu Virolainen

Asemamies

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Riitta Piironen

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