Dog Nail Clipper

Name: Dog Nail Clipper
Director: Markku Pölönen
Released: 2004
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Peter Franzén, Taisto Reimaluoto, Ahti Kuoppala, Ville Virtanen, Risto Salmi

2004 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,503 VOTES · DIR. Markku Pölönen

Overview

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...

Dialogue Timeline — 398 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:42 Soldiers, this is a great moment.

00:07:37 Damn, l wish one day l could enjoy the taste of real coffee and tobacco again.

00:09:18 She is a good gundog, too.

00:11:23 This is Ville Kuosmanen's famous Sakke.

00:13:15 l mean l guess you can.

00:18:29 Stand clear from the train!

00:22:40 Thank you very much.

00:25:25 He is a good man even though he is from Ypäjä.

00:30:03 With our blood we shall protect you Fear not, your sons are on their guard

00:32:29 Waterman!

00:37:07 There are neither Russians nor Germans. Let's get to work. Fetch the water pump.

00:45:05 Light up the stove, will you. - l don't have matches.

00:51:08 You want a smoke?

00:57:31 l would build a house if l could find cheap nails.

00:59:58 l'll say that.

01:03:50 Come to the office, please.

01:08:19 l remember. What was his name, he was from eastern Karelia.

01:11:05 Just choose a name, any name you like. Kusti, for example.

01:16:43 She just hurt them and cried out loud because of them.

01:21:58 So this is where you came, you silly.

01:24:00 Now that you have money... This would look good on you.

01:26:47 Where did you hurt your hand? - Ville Kuosmanen's Sakke bit me.

01:30:17 No, it was a peeling knife.

01:33:28 Here is bread.

Cast & Characters

Peter Franzén Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen Taisto Reimaluoto Eetvi Manninen Ahti Kuoppala Ville Kuosmanen Ville Virtanen Foreman Luti Risto Salmi Horseman Turpeinen Timo Lavikainen Leinonen Leo Lastumäki Old Man Simo Tamminen Doctor Vieno Saaristo Taimi Kuosmanen Hannu Virolainen Station-Master

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed398

Dialogue density3.8 lines / min

First line00:00:42

Final line01:33:28

Production Record

DirectorMarkku Pölönen

LanguageFI

IMDb votes1,503