---
title: 'Time of Roses (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Risto Jarva'
released: '1969-02-07'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/time-of-roses-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138764/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Time of Roses (1969)

1969 · 108 min · Science Fiction · Finland

Original title: Ruusujen aika

## Synopsis

Time of Roses is a 1969 Finnish science fiction film directed by Risto Jarva, about a documentary filmmaker in 2012 trying to find the true essence of a glamour model, dead for forty years, for a TV film biography. The script was written by Peter von Bagh, Jarva, and Jaakko Pakkasvirta. The model was played by Ritva Vepsä and the documentarian by Arto Tuominen. The film premiered on 2 July 1969 in Finland, while the US premiere of the film was in New York City on October 19, 1970.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Risto Jarva](https://cinepixo.com/people/risto-jarva)
- **Screenplay:** [Risto Jarva](https://cinepixo.com/people/risto-jarva), [Jaakko Pakkasvirta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaakko-pakkasvirta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henrik Otto Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/henrik-otto-donner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Antti Peippo](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-peippo)

## Cast

- [Arto Tuominen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arto-tuominen)
- [Ritva Vepsä](https://cinepixo.com/people/ritva-vepsa)
- [Tarja Markus](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarja-markus)

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