This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
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Sound | Paul Jyrälä | Production Sound Mixer |
Directing | Pirjo Honkasalo | Director |
Directing | Pekka Lehto | Director |
Art | Pentti Valkeasuo | Production Design |
Art | A. Ksenofontova | Production Design |
Art | Reijo Puttonen | Production Design |
Writing | Pirjo Honkasalo | Screenplay |
Sound | Heikki Valpola | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Pekka Sirén | Sound Effects |
Costume & Make-Up | Inkeri Terävä | Makeup Artist |
Production | Jaakko Talaskivi | Unit Production Manager |
Writing | Daniel Katz | Writer |
Camera | Kari Sohlberg | Director of Photography |
Production | Claes Olsson | Producer |
Directing | Jaakko Talaskivi | Assistant Director |
Sound | Lars Klettner | Sound Mixer |
Editing | Irma Taina | Editor |
Sound | Sven Fahlén | Sound Mixer |
Writing | Maiju Lassila | Novel |
Costume & Make-Up | Kristiina Valkeasuo | Makeup Designer |
Sound | Olli Soinio | Sound Effects |
Sound | Antero Honkanen | Sound Effects |
Costume & Make-Up | Päivi Tiura | Costume Design |