---
title: 'The Potato Venture (2021)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joona Tena'
released: '2021-08-13'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-potato-venture-2021'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9837320/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Potato Venture (2021)

2021 · 109 min · Comedy, History · Finland

Original title: Peruna

## Synopsis

The Potato Venture is a 2020 Finnish comedy film directed by Joona Tena and written by Pekko Pesonen. The film follows Untamo, a 17th-century startup entrepreneur attempting to introduce the potato to Finland, where the turnip is the reigning root vegetable.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joona Tena](https://cinepixo.com/people/joona-tena)
- **Screenplay:** [Pekko Pesonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekko-pesonen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Panu Aaltio](https://cinepixo.com/people/panu-aaltio)
- **Producer:** [Marko Talli](https://cinepixo.com/people/marko-talli), [Olli Haikka](https://cinepixo.com/people/olli-haikka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Konsta Sohlberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/konsta-sohlberg)

## Cast

- [Lasse Karkjärvi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-karkjarvi)
- [Linnea Leino](https://cinepixo.com/people/linnea-leino)
- [Petteri Pennilä](https://cinepixo.com/people/petteri-pennila)
- [Alex Anton](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-anton)
- [Mimosa Willamo](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimosa-willamo)
- [Kari Hietalahti](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-hietalahti)
- [Mikko Penttilä](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikko-penttila)
- [Joonas Nordman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joonas-nordman)
- [Kari Ketonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-ketonen)

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