Crime and Punishment

Name: Crime and Punishment
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2022-04-29
Cast: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Olli Tuominen

An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions.

Rikos ja rangaistus

Aki Kaurismäki

Finland 1983

Finnish

Czech

91 min.

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About

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.

Credits

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Based on: Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij

Screenplay: Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti

Cinematography: Timo Salminen

Music: Pedro Hietanen

Sound: Kjell Westman, Mikael Sievers

Editing: Veikko Aaltonen

Production Design: Matti Jaaranen

Producer: Mika Kaurismäki

Costumes: Marja Uusitalo

Cast: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Olli Tuominen, Matti Pellonpää, Harri Marstio, Pedro Hietanen, Hannu Lemola, Kari Sorvali