Movie: Dirty Hands

Top 10 Billed Cast

Sulevi Peltola
Sulevi Peltola

Hoederer

Matti Pellonpää
Matti Pellonpää

Hugo Barine

Kati Outinen
Kati Outinen

Jessica Barine

Kaija Pakarinen
Kaija Pakarinen

Olga

Pertti Sveholm
Pertti Sveholm

Louis

Kari Väänänen
Kari Väänänen

Ivan

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Slick

Aake Kalliala
Aake Kalliala

Georges

Esko Nikkari
Esko Nikkari

Karsky

Hannu Lauri
Hannu Lauri

Ruhtinas

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1989-10-04

  • Average

    5.3

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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  • Languages:

    suomi
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