---
title: 'Pessi and Illusia (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Heikki Partanen'
released: '1984-01-06'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pessi-and-illusia-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087907/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pessi and Illusia (1984)

1984 · 81 min · Fantasy, Family · Finland

Original title: Pessi ja Illuusia

## Synopsis

Pessi and Illusia is a 1984 Finnish fantasy film directed by Heikki Partanen. The tale about the friendship between a goblin boy Pessi and a fairy girl Illusia is based on the 1944 book by Yrjö Kokko.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Heikki Partanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/heikki-partanen)
- **Screenplay:** [Heikki Partanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/heikki-partanen), [Erkki Mäkinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/erkki-makinen), [Riitta Rautoma](https://cinepixo.com/people/riitta-rautoma), [Jorma Kairimo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorma-kairimo)
- **Editor:** [Riitta Rautoma](https://cinepixo.com/people/riitta-rautoma)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Antti Hytti](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-hytti), [Kari Rydman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-rydman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henrik Paersch](https://cinepixo.com/people/henrik-paersch)

## Cast

- [Jorma Uotinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorma-uotinen) as Ristilukki
- [Sami Kangas](https://cinepixo.com/people/sami-kangas) as Pessi, metsänpeikko
- [Kateřina Lojdová](https://cinepixo.com/people/katerina-lojdova) as kapteenin vaimo
- [Annu Marttila](https://cinepixo.com/people/annu-marttila) as Illusia, keijukainen
- [Raimo Grönberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/raimo-gronberg) as isä, kapteeni
- [Pentti Lahti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pentti-lahti) as viihdytyskiertueen saksofonisti
- [Sinikka Sokka](https://cinepixo.com/people/sinikka-sokka) as viihdytystaiteilija
- [Eija Ahvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/eija-ahvo) as hiiriäiti
- [Esa Suvilehto](https://cinepixo.com/people/esa-suvilehto) as hiiri-isi
- [Rauno Ketonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rauno-ketonen) as isä Illusionin ääni
- [Jarmo Savolainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarmo-savolainen) as viihdytyskiertueen pianisti
- [Rabbe Smedlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/rabbe-smedlund) as Närhi

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pessi-and-illusia-1984
Film facts: Wikidata (Q15121792); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.