April is the Cruelest of Months is a 1983 film directed by Suvi-Marja Korvenheimo, also known as Anssi Mänttäri, and the final part of the Korvenheimo trilogy. It was named after the first verse of T. S. Eliot's poem series The Waste Land. The film, shot in ten days, is a satire on the candles of Finnish culture.

Antti Litja
Olli

Markku Toikka
Unto
Paavo Piskonen
Leevi

Rea Mauranen
Woman with Heart

Liisa Halonen
Raija
Mikko Majanlahti
Mikkonen, professor of arts
Olli Tuominen
Critic Vehviläinen

Aki Kaurismäki
Ville Alfa
Ville Piskonen
Jussi - Olli's and Raija's Son

Riitta Havukainen
Maj-Lis
Ann-Cathrine Fröjdö
Pia

Hannele Laaksonen
Maija