A Respectable Tragedy

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ville Virtanen

Tauno Saarinen

Age : 63 | Popularity : 49%

Päivi Akonpelto

Elisabeth Saarinen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Henriikka Salo

Naimi Saarinen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Kyllikki Forssell

Ada, Arturs mother

Age : 94 | Popularity : 8%

Timo Jurkka

Artur, Naimi's ex-husband

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Saara Hilpinen

Tellervo Nurmi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Maria Järvenhelmi

Jenny

Age : 49 | Popularity : 46%

Ossi Lehtinen

Pekka Saarinen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Kaisa Rastimo
Writing	Writer	Michael Baran Helvi Hämäläinen Kaisa Rastimo
Editing	Editor	Kaisa Rastimo
Production	Producer	Marko Äijö
Camera	Director of Photography	Tuomo Virtanen
Art	Production Design	Katriina Ilmaranta
Department	Role	Name

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