A Respectable Tragedy

A Respectable Tragedy (1998)

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.

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  • Release Date: 1998-09-18
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Director: Kaisa Rastimo

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Cast

  • Ville Virtanen

    Tauno Saarinen

  • Päivi Akonpelto

    Elisabeth Saarinen

  • Henriikka Salo

    Naimi Saarinen

  • Kyllikki Forssell

    Ada, Arturs mother

  • Timo Jurkka

    Artur, Naimi's ex-husband

  • Saara Hilpinen

    Tellervo Nurmi

  • Maria Järvenhelmi

    Jenny

  • Ossi Lehtinen

    Pekka Saarinen

  • Mari Rantasila

    Adan piika

  • Kati Outinen

    Midwife

  • Lotta Lindroos

    Sirkka

  • Veikko Uusimäki

    Priest

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