---
title: 'Vares: Private Eye (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksi Mäkelä'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/vares-private-eye-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372594/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Vares: Private Eye (2004)

2004 · 91 min · Action · Finland

Part of: Vares

## Synopsis

Vares: Private Eye is a 2004 Finnish crime film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. It is based on the eleventh Vares novel Keltainen leski (1999) by Reijo Mäki. The setting is Turku, a city on the west coast of Finland. It stars Juha Veijonen as private detective Jussi Vares who investigates a case involving a large amount of dirty money. The film is the first of nine films in the Vares series. The first sequel, V2: Dead Angel, was released in 2007.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksi Mäkelä](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksi-makela)
- **Screenplay:** [Pekka Lehtosaari](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-lehtosaari)
- **Producer:** [Markus Selin](https://cinepixo.com/people/markus-selin)

## Cast

- [Laura Malmivaara](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-malmivaara)
- [Kari Hietalahti](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-hietalahti)
- [Samuli Edelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuli-edelmann)

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