When Heroes Lie

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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.

Country:

Finland

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

119 minutes

Year:

2012

Director:

Arto Halonen

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Company:

Valofirma Cine Light Rental,

Art Films Production

Cast:
Esko Aho

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Arto Halonen

Himself - Narrator

Paavo M. Petäjä

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Leila Ketola

Herself

Suvi Lindén

Herself

Crew:
Tapani Rinne

Original Music Composer

Sanna Liinamaa

Editor

Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen

Director of Photography

Arto Halonen

Director of Photography

Arto Halonen

Writer