Dirty Hands
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.
Year: 1989
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Sulevi Peltola, Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Kaija Pakarinen, Pertti Sveholm, Kari Väänänen
Crew: Aki Kaurismäki (Director), Aki Kaurismäki (Writer), Jean-Paul Sartre (Theatre Play), Matti Kurkikangas (Director of Photography), Lasse Litovaara (Sound Recordist), Risto Karhula (Production Design)
Runtime: 68 minutes
Release: Oct 05, 1989
IMDb: 5.30/10 by 10 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Finland
Language: suomi
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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