When Heroes Lie (Sinivalkoinen valhe) 11 years old

A lie bigger than you can imagine

When Heroes Lie

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.

Credits

When Heroes Lie Cast

Name Character
Arto Halonen He was 48, now 60 years old as Himself - Narrator

When Heroes Lie Crew

Name Department
Tapani Rinne as Original Music Composer. He was 50 (now 62) years old Sound
Arto Halonen as Director of Photography. He was 48 (now 60) years old Camera
Arto Halonen as Director. He was 48 (now 60) years old Directing
Arto Halonen as Writer. He was 48 (now 60) years old Writing
Kevin Frazier as Writer. He was 48 (now 59) years old Writing
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen as Director of Photography. Camera
Jouni Kemppainen as Writer. Writing
Sanna Liinamaa as Editor. Editing
Antti Tuomikoski as Editor. He was 170 (89) years old when He died Editing
When Heroes Lie poster
When Heroes Lie (11 years)

A lie bigger than you can imagine

  • Release day: Friday, October 05, 2012
  • Runtime: 119 minutes