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Dirty Hands (1989)
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Overview
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. Kaurismäki’s TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party’s newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.
Length 68 minutes
Actors
Sulevi Peltola | Matti Pellonpää | Kati Outinen | Kaija Pakarinen | Pertti Sveholm | Kari Väänänen | Pirkka-Pekka Petelius | Aake Kalliala | Esko Nikkari | Hannu Lauri | Hannu Viholainen | Asmo Hurula