When Heroes Lie

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When Heroes Lie (2012)

Directed by Arto Halonen

“A lie bigger than you can imagine”

Documentary · 1h 59m

A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.

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Cast

E
Esko Aho Himself Arto Halonen Himself - Narrator
P
Paavo M. Petäjä Himself
L
Leila Ketola Herself
S
Suvi Lindén Herself
H
Heikki Laapio Himself
M
Matti Lehesjoki Himself
H
Hannu Itkonen Himself
J
Johanna Aatsalo Herself
K
Kari Väisänen Himself
I
Inggard Lereim Himself
A
Antti Leppävuori Himself

Crew

Director
Arto Halonen
Writer
Jouni Kemppainen, Arto Halonen, Kevin Frazier
Director of Photography
Arto Halonen, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Original Music Composer
Tapani Rinne
Editor
Sanna Liinamaa, Antti Tuomikoski

Details

Original title
Sinivalkoinen valhe
Release date
2012-10-05
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FI
Spoken languages
Finnish
Countries
Finland
Production
Valofirma Cine Light Rental, Art Films Production