buying dvd's from finland

[wallofbeans]

im after the finnish release of TO DIE FOR and hoped someobody might be able to point me in the right direction of the best online retailer to pick up dvd's from Finland....

thanks!

[KennyVader]

Are you sure there is one? Only the Scandinavian countries get very very few releases in their own languages apart from home-directed stuff; in my experience, generally only the mega-blockbusters intended mostly for kids, i.e. Harry Potter, and Shrek are available in proper Scandinavian editions. Everything else they just seem to get the regular English edition with Swedish or Finnish subtitles, which you can buy here.

[Vox]

From the top of my head, I can recall at least one Finnish online retailer that offers the shop interface also in English: Filmifriikki (http://www.filmifriikki.fi). They would not seem to have To Die For in stock, however.

Videodivari (http://www.videodivari.fi/index.asp?Code=ECF06E23-D7DA-4B68-ACAD-15749DD37C82&ID=0&Page=Item&showitem=20904&URLBack=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evideodivari%2Efi%2Findex%2Easp%3FSearchFrom%3Ditems%2E%2A%26SimpleSearch%3Dto%2Bdie%2Bfor%26code%3DECF06E23%2DD7DA%2D4B68%2DACAD%2D15749DD37C82%26id%3D0%26Page%3DBrowse) have it in stock, but the shop user interface is in Finnish only.

If I may ask, why are you looking the Finnish release? I'm not familiar with this particular title, but as KennyVader said, most Finnish DVD titles are Scandinavian joint releases (containing subtitles in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish) or generic Western European editions with a plethora of subtitling options. (I take it you are not after just the Finnish language packaging?)

You can get more info on this particular release from the DVDPlaza.fi (http://www.dvdplaza.fi/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=11) forums from people more knowledgeable than me. The forum interface is again in Finnish, but I think you'll find the layout familiar enough. ;)

[wallofbeans]

according to dvdcompare.net the finnish release is the best - having a widescreen anamorphic picture, 5.1 sound and a few extras... (the uk, german and dutch releases are all extra free and in 4:3) ... there's no mention of any other scandinavian versions but the swedish could be the same as they do say this one has both finnish and swedish subtitles!

[aapeen]

Yes, they should be the same, the finnish version of cdon.com sells it to finland with swedish covers, and it's listed as widescreen anamorphic. they don't seem to sell outside scandinavia, though.

If it's any help, the finnish title is 'Hinnalla millä hyvänsä' and the swedish "Till varje pris'

- aapee

[aapeen]

discshop.se seems to sell it, also to eu countries: http://www.discshop.se/shop/ds_produkt.php?lang=&id=38477&lang=se&subsite=movies&&ref=

the price is (skr) 49,- + postage 100,-. that should be about £11. haven't used them myself, so i can't comment the shop, though. currently they seem to have 1 copy in stock.

- aapee

[wallofbeans]

thanks for that..... id have that if it wasn't for the price tag.... it seems crazy to pay that much for it when the extras arent that great... i was hoping for somewhere around the £6-8 mark.....

its a great movie... im surprised its been treated so badly on dvd most places...

[Vox]

thanks for that..... id have that if it wasn't for the price tag.... it seems crazy to pay that much for it when the extras arent that great... i was hoping for somewhere around the £6-8 mark.....

Videodivari.com (http://www.videodivari.com) have priced it at £7. Send them email at info@videodivari.com and ask if they are able to help you. They are nice folks, so they probably can come up with some kind of a solution for you.

[wallofbeans]

Videodivari.com (http://www.videodivari.com) have priced it at £7. Send them email at info@videodivari.com and ask if they are able to help you. They are nice folks, so they probably can come up with some kind of a solution for you.

thanks for that.. I've emailed and asked.. we'll see what happens..

[wallofbeans]

you were right! they are nice folks! they got back to me today, are asking the distributor if this dvd is still available and talked me through buying from their website! im very impressed!

thanks for the tip!