Dolly and Her Lover

Dolly and Her Lover

101 mins | Crime, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 1, 1990

Directed by Matti Ijäs and written with Arto Meller, Räpsy & Dolly aka Paris Waits (1990) is a tragicomic love story of a petty criminal and a former cabaret dancer. Detective Karisto (Kari Väänänen) releases Auno "Räpsy" Pirilä (Matti Pellonpää) from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje (Pertti Sveholm) from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly (Raija Paalanen) takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.

Dolly and Her Lover

101 mins | Crime, Comedy, Romance | Feb. 1, 1990

Dolly and Her Lover
Directed by Matti Ijäs and written with Arto Meller, Räpsy & Dolly aka Paris Waits (1990) is a tragicomic love story of a petty criminal and a former cabaret dancer. Detective Karisto (Kari Väänänen) releases Auno "Räpsy" Pirilä (Matti Pellonpää) from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje (Pertti Sveholm) from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly (Raija Paalanen) takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Yle, Filminor
Original title Räpsy & Dolly eli Pariisi odottaa
Directors Matti Ijäs
Writers Arto Melleri, Matti Ijäs

Cast

Matti Pellonpää

as Räpsy

Raija Paalanen

as Dolly

Kari Väänänen

as Detective Karisto

Pertti Sveholm

as Börje

Risto Salmi

as Venkula

Sulevi Peltola

as Karisto's assistant

Veikko Tiitinen

as Hessu Rämö

Eeva Litmanen

as Enni

Pekka Huotari

as Tanssija

Taisto Aho

as Ivanoff

Tauno Lehtihalmes

as Portsari

Pentti Louko

as Kantajengi

Olli Pellikka

as Valokuvaaja

Irma Junnilainen

as Malli

Paul Budsko

as Venäläinen

Raimo O. Niemi

as Venäläinen

Göran Schauman

as Pornokaupan asiakas

Mikko Reitala

as Saksalainen