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A Respectable Tragedy
In the 1930s, middle-aged museum curator Tauno Saarinen yearns for a young beautiful maid and writes a lengthy confession about his feelings which he gives his wife Elisabet to read. Elisabet shows the writings to her husband's sister Naimi, an art critic who tries to reconcile with her ex-husband despite a spiteful mother-in-law. Meanwhile, things gets worse between Tauno and Elisabet when the young maid, seduced by Tauno, becomes pregnant. Based on a novel by Helvi Hämäläinen, first published in 1941 but partly censored until 1995 because allegedly based on true incidents involving well-known people.
Cast
- Ville Virtanen as Tauno Saarinen
- Päivi Akonpelto as Elisabeth Saarinen
- Henriikka Salo as Naimi Saarinen
- Kyllikki Forssell as Ada, Arturs mother
- Timo Jurkka as Artur, Naimi's ex-husband
- Saara Hilpinen as Tellervo Nurmi
- Maria Järvenhelmi as Jenny
- Ossi Lehtinen as Pekka Saarinen
- Mari Rantasila as Adan piika
- Kati Outinen as Midwife
- Lotta Lindroos as Sirkka
- Veikko Uusimäki as Priest
Details
- Director
- Kaisa Rastimo
- Released
- September 18, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Kinotaurus
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 4.5 / 10 from 6 votes
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