---
title: 'Matti: Hell is for Heroes (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksi Mäkelä'
released: '2006-01-13'
runtime_minutes: 141
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/matti-hell-is-for-heroes-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390245/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Matti: Hell is for Heroes (2006)

2006 · 141 min · Drama · Finland

Original title: Matti

## Synopsis

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes is a 2006 Finnish biographical film about Finnish skijumper Matti Nykänen. The film was directed by Aleksi Mäkelä and written by Marko Leino. With 461,665 views it was the most watched film in Finland in 2006.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksi Mäkelä](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksi-makela)
- **Screenplay:** [Marko Leino](https://cinepixo.com/people/marko-leino)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tuomas Kantelinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuomas-kantelinen)
- **Producer:** [Markus Selin](https://cinepixo.com/people/markus-selin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pini Hellstedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/pini-hellstedt)
- **Editor:** [Kimmo Taavila](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimmo-taavila)

## Cast

- [Sara Melleri](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-melleri) as Kati
- [Juha Veijonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/juha-veijonen) as Maisteri
- [Pekka Autiovuori](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-autiovuori) as urheilumuseon johtaja
- [Pekka Huotari](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-huotari) as Hiihtoliiton lääkäri
- [Elina Knihtilä](https://cinepixo.com/people/elina-knihtila) as Mirva
- [Peter Franzén](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-franzen) as Nick Nevada
- [Jope Ruonansuu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jope-ruonansuu) as Oksanen
- [Matias Hangasmaa](https://cinepixo.com/people/matias-hangasmaa) as Antti
- [Jani Volanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jani-volanen) as Nipa
- [Maija Junno](https://cinepixo.com/people/maija-junno) as äiti
- [Seppo Pääkkönen](https://cinepixo.com/people/seppo-paakkonen) as isä
- [Kari Hietalahti](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-hietalahti) as Hammer
- [Jan Nyquist](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nyquist) as Jarppa
- [Matti Onnismaa](https://cinepixo.com/people/matti-onnismaa) as Salmela
- [Tero Jartti](https://cinepixo.com/people/tero-jartti) as rehtori

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