title: The Big Freeze (film)
text: # The Big Freeze (film)
  
  The Big Freeze is a 1993 featurette-length film written and directed by Eric Sykes. The action centres on mishaps involving a father and son plumbing team attending to business in sub-zero temperatures at a retirement home in Finland. Like other Sykes directorial vehicles, the piece is a silent comedy with a star cast - here including Bob Hoskins, John Mills, Donald Pleasence and Spike Milligan.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Everything that can go wrong for these plumbers goes wrong.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Bob Hoskins as Sidney
  * Eric Sykes as Mr. Blick
  * Eila Roine as Matron
  * Donald Pleasence as Soup slurper
  * Raija Laakso as Louise
  * Sonja Lumme as Pretty Nurse
  * John Mills as Dapper Man
  * Spike Milligan as Der Schauspieler
  * Sylvi Salonen as The Flapper
  * Hellin Auvinen-Salmi as Old Lady
  * Helinä Viitanen as Zimmer Lady
  * Erkki Thil as Film Director
  * Gabriel Laszlo as Fencer with Wig
  * Hannes Anttila as Fencer
  * Gunnar Strommer as Man in Bath
  * Lasse Tiilkainen as Magician
  * Ransu Alhoniemi as Juggler
  * Mary Hayley Bell as Nursing Home Resident (uncredited)
  
  ## Production
  
  The film was shot in Hervanta and Teisko, both districts in Tampere, Finland.
  
  