Crime and punishment
Rikos ja rangaistus, feature film, crime drama, Finland, 1983
DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki
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'