Hellsinki
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| Finnish | Rööperi |
| Directed by | Aleksi Mäkelä |
| Written by | Marko Leino |
| Based on | Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen Tom Sjöberg |
| Produced by | Jukka Helle Markus Selin |
| Starring | Samuli Edelmann Peter Franzén Pihla Viitala Kari Hietalahti Juha Veijonen Jasper Pääkkönen |
| Cinematography | Pini Hellstedt |
| Edited by | Kimmo Taavila |
| Music by | Kalle Chydenius |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | €1,700,000 |
| Box office | €2,191,299 |
Hellsinki (Finnish: Rööperi) is a 2009 Finnish film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. The film is based on the novel Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen and Tom Sjöberg. Hellsinki follows the journey of two criminals, Tomppa and Krisu, in Punavuori (in slang Rööperi), a neighbourhood in Helsinki, from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.