''Merisairas'' (Finnish: ''Seasick'') is a 1996

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Veikko Aaltonen Veikko Aaltonen (born 1 December 1955 in Sääksmäki, Finland) is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and actor. Aaltonen began his career in the mid-1970s working as a sound editor on v ...

and starring

Bob Peck Robert Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English actor who played Ronald Craven in the television serial '' Edge of Darkness'', for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He was also known for his role as game warden Rob ...

Katrin Cartlidge Katrin Juliet Cartlidge (15 May 1961 – 7 September 2002) was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Channel 4 soap opera '' Brookside'' (1982–1983), before going on to win the 1997 Evening Standard Film ...

and

Peter Firth Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme '' Spooks''; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lif ...

.BFI.org
/ref> An English-language film, it was a co-production between Sweden,

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and

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. The screenplay concerns eco-terrorists who attack a ship carrying

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Cast

– Captain Sebastian Belger *

– Elena Polakov *

John Castle John Michael Frederick Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his film and television work, most notably playing Bill in Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Blowup'' (1966) and Geoffrey in ''The Lion in Winter'' (1968 ...

– Chief Engineer Josif Mantz *

– 1st Officer Roald Jensen * Matti Onnismaa – 2nd Officer Pavic * Sheila Gish – Martina Schaffer * Giles Thomas – 3rd Officer Lew Melik * John Bardon – Bosun Patrick Forget * Ilari Johansson – Radio operator Jimmy Perez *

Claire Benedict Claire Benedict (born 28 July 1951) is a British actress known for her work in classical productions on the British stage, but best known for portraying the principal character Mma Ramotswe in the continuing radio adaptations of '' The No 1 Lad ...

– Cook Saba * Richard Kill – Seaman Giles *

Antti Reini Antti Reini (born 27 August 1964) is a Finnish film actor. At the 27th Guldbagge Awards he was nominated for the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem''. Seven films (2011–2015) made from the '' Vares'' novels b ...

– 1st Engineer Tino Silenzi * Frank Boyle – Seaman Etkind *

Juuso Hirvikangas Juuso is a given name and a surname, which was derived from the Biblical name of Joseph. Juuso's name day is March 19. Notable people with the name include: Persons with the given name *Juuso Akkanen (born 1983), Finnish ice hockey player *Juuso ...

– Seaman Juhani Turtola *

Mikael Kerimov Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

– Doctor Barnier *

Clarke Peters Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American-British actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008) and Albert Lambrea ...

– Radio reporter Pounds * Jonathan Hutchings – Snuff Rawlings

References

External links

* 1996 films Finnish thriller films Swedish thriller films 1990s thriller films English-language Finnish films English-language Swedish films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub