Release
The film premiered on 16 September 1983. It was produced by the Finnish film company Tuotanto Visa Mäkinen and was distributed by Kinosto. The company produced a number of other popular Finnish films in the 1980s and early 1990s such as Pirtua, Pirtua in 1992. The rights to the film are owned by director Visa Mäkinen.
The cinema version of the film had a running time of 89 minutes although the uncut version released on VHS in 1984 ran 4 minutes longer at 92 minutes.
Initially for the big screen, Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit was awarded the Finland:S certificate but the uncut video version was given a Finland:K-12 labelling. A testimony to the lasting significance of the film it was re-released on DVD in the late 1990s.
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