A Respectable Tragedy

1h 54m

3

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.

Cast

Päivi Akonpelto

Elisabeth Saarinen

Kyllikki Forssell

Ada, Arturs mother

Artur, Naimi's ex-husband

Maria Järvenhelmi

Veikko Uusimäki

Crew

Dramaturgy, Director, Writer, Editor

Helvi Hämäläinen

Director of Photography

Timo Nousiainen

Second Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Katriina Ilmaranta

Production Design, Costume Design

Mika Ailasmäki

Assistant Camera

Pietari Koskinen

Peter Nordström

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Production Sound Mixer

Konsta Sohlberg

Lighting Technician

Lighting Technician

Lighting Technician

Lighting Technician

Peter Flinckenberg

Lighting Technician

Lighting Technician

Lighting Technician

Still Photographer, Script Supervisor

Location Manager

Property Master

Tuija Kotamäki

Negative Cutter

Rauno Ronkainen

Jari Lehtiniemi

Seija-Liisa Eskola

Production Secretary