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.
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:
color, 93'