Zombie and the Ghost Train backdrop

Zombie and the Ghost Train 1991 Directed by Mika Kaurismäki Zombie ja Kummitusjuna

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Country Finland
Production Country Finland
Language Finnish
Spoken Languages English , Finnish , Turkish
Gneres Comedy , Drama , Music
Production Companies Villealfa Filmproductions , Marianna Films
Budget $485,000
Release Date 26 July 1991
90 mins
Cast
Silu Seppälä Antti Autiomaa, "Zombie"
Juhani Niemelä Antin isä
Kauko Laurikainen Lääkäri
Sakke Järvenpää Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kitaristi
Mato Valtonen Mulefukkers-yhtyeen kontrabasisti
Mauri Sumén Mulefukkers-yhtyeen pianisti
Jyri Närvänen Mulefukkers-yhtyeen jäsen kitaristi
Jarmo Haapanen Mulefukkers-yhtyeen rumpali
Jussi Rinne Kummitusjuna-yhtyeen jäsen
Hannu Viholainen Kummitusjuna-yhtyeen jäsen
Roger Nieminen Kummitusjuna-yhtyeen jäsen
Marko Äijö Parturi, Marjon miesystävä
Juho Rastas Vanha mies
Ali Özgentürk Baarimikko
Süheyl Eğriboz Hotellin pitäjä
Nüvit Özdoğru Mattokauppias
Halil Ergün Laulava mies baarissa
Hafiz Hoca Soittaja baarissa
Kari Väänänen Upseeri (voice)
Harri Laakso Rakennusmies
Varma Helenius Kuollut nainen
Jaana Lindholm Nainen Kummitusjunan keikkabussissa