Crime and punishment

Rikos ja rangaistus, feature film, crime drama, Finland, 1983

DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki

Crime and punishment

CAST:
Markku Toikka (Antti Rahikainen),
Aino Seppo (Eeva Laakso),
Esko Nikkari (inspektor Pennanen),
Olli Tuominen (inspektor Snellman),
Hannu Lauri (Heinonen)

SCRIPT:
Aki Kaurismäki,
Pauli Pentti (based on novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Timo Salminen

MUSIC:
Pedro Hietanen

EDITING:
Veikko Aaltonen

Synopsis:
This is a film adaptation of Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment set in modern Helsinki. Antti Rahikainen is a former law student who now works in a slaughterhouse. One day he enters an apartment and murders a businessman in cold blood. Immediately after the murder, Eeva shows up at the apartment and, instead of calling the police, advises Antii to run.

color, 93'

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