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This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
Release Date : 1980-10-17
Language :Finnish
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : P-Kino
Production Country : Finland
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
Original Name : Asko Sarkola
Gender : Male
Character Name : Olga Esempio
Original Name : Rea Mauranen
Gender : Female
Character Name : Gunnar Avanto
Original Name : Kari Franck
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kalle
Original Name : Ari Suonsuu
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kurttuska
Original Name : Ritva Juhanto
Gender : Female
Character Name : Arwid
Original Name : Esko Salminen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pikku-Pouvali
Original Name : Heikki Alho
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sulo Esempio
Original Name : Tuomo Railo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rawitz
Original Name : Юрий Родионов
Gender : Male
Character Name : Magda
Original Name : Galina Galtseva
Gender : Female
Character Name : Maria Lassila
Original Name : Soli Labbart
Gender : Female
Character Name : Young Algot
Original Name : Pirkka Karskela
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lundberg
Original Name : Markku Blomqvist
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pöntinen
Original Name : Esa Suvilehto
Gender : Male
Character Name : Commandant Carl von Wendt
Original Name : Matti Oravisto
Gender : Male
Character Name : Anna Belostotskaja
Original Name : Gunvor Sandkvist
Gender : Female
Character Name : Russian Army Captain
Original Name : Pentti Kotkaniemi
Gender : Male
Character Name : Von Plehwe
Original Name : Александр Захаров
Gender : Male
Character Name : Terrorist
Original Name : Vadim Mikheyenko
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rebel officer
Original Name : Antero Harpf
Gender : Male
Character Name : General Porunov
Original Name : Герман Лупекин
Gender : Male
Character Name : Chief editor
Original Name : Esko Pesonen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Circus manager
Original Name : Arno Virtanen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Terrorist
Original Name : Vitali Iljin-Shapiro
Gender : Male
Character Name : Terrorist
Original Name : Jan Kulik
Gender : Male
Character Name : Oskari Skoff
Original Name : Toivo Tuomainen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)
Original Name : Elvi Saarnio
Gender : Female
Character Name : Narrator (voice)
Original Name : Yrjö Tähtelä
Gender : Male
Character Name : (voice)
Original Name : Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
Gender : Female
Character Name : Ploughman (uncredited)
Original Name : Mauno Blomqvist
Gender : Male
Character Name : News photographer (uncredited)
Original Name : Mauri Front
Gender : Male
Character Name : Orthodox priest (uncredited)
Original Name : Pentti Louko
Gender : Male
Character Name : Algot's father (uncredited)
Original Name : Esko Salmesvirta
Gender : Male
Character Name : Restaurant hostess (uncredited)
Original Name : Rauha Wolska
Gender : Female
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