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Crime and Punishment (Finnish: Rikos ja rangaistus) is a 1983 film directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is the first full-length film by Kaurismäki and is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title, Crime and Punishment. The main character in the film is called Rahikainen.
Dec 2, 1983 · Crime and Punishment: Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. With Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri. A slaughterhouse worker and former law student, takes vengeance on the man who killed his fiancée in a hit and run accident.
- (3.1K)
- Crime, Drama
- Aki Kaurismäki
- 1983-12-02
1h 31m. In this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in 1980s Finland, Antti Rahikainen (Markku Toikka) is a former law student who works in a slaughterhouse but is haunted by the death of his...
- (18)
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Drama
- Markku Toikka
In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentally arrived at the crime scene wants to follow him, but guilt and the tightening net of the police throw a shadow over their desperate love affair.
- (4K)
- Villealfa Filmproductions
- Aki Kaurismäki
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In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentally arrived at the crime scene wants to follow him, but guilt and the tightening net of the police throw a shadow over their desperate love affair.
Aki Kaurismäki Finland, 1983. Crime, Drama. 93. CAUTION. Transplanting Dostoyevsky’s novel to 1980s Finland, this fiction debut from Aki Kaurismäki plays fast and loose with its source material.