A Respectable Tragedy

A Respectable Tragedy

1998
1h 54m
3.0

3.0/10

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Drama
Overview

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kinotaurus
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Keywords

marriage family relationships extramarital affair art museum

Quick Facts

Original Title Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä
Release Date September 18, 1998
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0167436

Cast

Ville Virtanen
Ville Virtanen

Tauno Saarinen

Päivi Akonpelto
Päivi Akonpelto

Elisabeth Saarinen

Henriikka Salo
Henriikka Salo

Naimi Saarinen

Kyllikki Forssell
Kyllikki Forssell

Ada, Arturs mother

Timo Jurkka
Timo Jurkka

Artur, Naimi's ex-husband

Saara Hilpinen
Saara Hilpinen

Tellervo Nurmi

Maria Järvenhelmi
Maria Järvenhelmi

Jenny

Ossi Lehtinen
Ossi Lehtinen

Pekka Saarinen

Mari Rantasila
Mari Rantasila

Adan piika

Kati Outinen
Kati Outinen

Midwife

Lotta Lindroos
Lotta Lindroos

Sirkka

Veikko Uusimäki
Veikko Uusimäki

Priest

Key Crew

Helvi Hämäläinen
Writer
Kaisa Rastimo
Writer
Kaisa Rastimo
Director
Marko Äijö
Producer
Michael Baran
Writer