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The Diver (Finnish: Hyppääjä) is a 2000 Finnish short film directed by PV Lehtinen. It is an ode to diving and the aesthetics of movement. The film focuses on Helge Wasenius (born 1927), the grand old man of diving, who competed in two Olympic Games and performed clown dives. Lehtinen has said that the protagonist, Helge Wasenius, was his neighbour and childhood hero. When he started planning the film, an image of Wasenius hanging by his feet from the ten-meter diving tower of Helsinki Swimming Stadium was embedded in his head. The diving sequences in the film have been compared to Leni Riefenstahl.Lehtinen has said he was inspired by Herb Ritts’ photographs of divers more thanRiefensthal.

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  • The Diver (Finnish: Hyppääjä) is a 2000 Finnish short film directed by PV Lehtinen. It is an ode to diving and the aesthetics of movement. The film focuses on Helge Wasenius (born 1927), the grand old man of diving, who competed in two Olympic Games and performed clown dives. Lehtinen has said that the protagonist, Helge Wasenius, was his neighbour and childhood hero. When he started planning the film, an image of Wasenius hanging by his feet from the ten-meter diving tower of Helsinki Swimming Stadium was embedded in his head. The diving sequences in the film have been compared to Leni Riefenstahl.Lehtinen has said he was inspired by Herb Ritts’ photographs of divers more thanRiefensthal. (en)
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  • Jyri Hakala (en)
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  • Finland (en)
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  • March 2022 (en)
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  • PV Lehtinen (en)
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  • PV Lehtinen (en)
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  • The Diver (Finnish: Hyppääjä) is a 2000 Finnish short film directed by PV Lehtinen. It is an ode to diving and the aesthetics of movement. The film focuses on Helge Wasenius (born 1927), the grand old man of diving, who competed in two Olympic Games and performed clown dives. Lehtinen has said that the protagonist, Helge Wasenius, was his neighbour and childhood hero. When he started planning the film, an image of Wasenius hanging by his feet from the ten-meter diving tower of Helsinki Swimming Stadium was embedded in his head. The diving sequences in the film have been compared to Leni Riefenstahl.Lehtinen has said he was inspired by Herb Ritts’ photographs of divers more thanRiefensthal. (en)
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  • The Diver (2000 film) (en)
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