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Dirty Hands (1989)

ALL 10/05/1989 (fi) TV Movie, Drama 68 Min
  • Release
    10/05/1989
  • Production
    Sputnik, YLE
  • Rotten tomato
    53%
  • Original title
    Likaiset kädet
  • Original language
    fi
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Aki Kaurismäki

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Hannu Kahakorpi

    Producer



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Dirty Hands (1989) 68 Min

ALL 10/05/1989 (fi)
TV Movie, Drama
  • Release 10/05/1989
  • Production
    Sputnik, YLE
  • Original title Likaiset kädet
  • fi
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Aki Kaurismäki

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paavo Eskelinen

    Editor

  4. Hannu Kahakorpi

    Producer



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