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2 December 1983 (Finland)
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An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man...
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2 wins
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A dour adaptation of Dostoyevski's work - minimalist but also drawn-out for no apparent reason
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Cast
(in credits order) | Markku Toikka | ... | Antti Rahikainen |
| Aino Seppo | ... | Eeva Laakso |
| Esko Nikkari | ... | Inspector Pennanen |
| Olli Tuominen | ... | Detective Snellman |
| Hannu Lauri | ... | Department head Heinonen |
| Matti Pellonpää | ... | Nikander |
| Pentti Auer | ... | Kari Honkanen |
| Asmo Hurula | ... | Bartender |
| Tiina Pirhonen | ... | Maid |
| Kari Sorvali | ... | Sormunen |
| Risto Aaltonen | ... | Painter |
| Tarja Keinänen | ... | Mrs. Pennanen |
| Harri Marstio | ... | Singer |
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| Aki Kaurismäki | |||
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| Fyodor Dostoevsky | novel | |
| Aki Kaurismäki | writer | |
| Pauli Pentti | writer | |
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| Mika Kaurismäki | .... | producer | |
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| Pedro Hietanen | |||
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| Timo Salminen | |||
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| Veikko Aaltonen | |||
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| Matti Jaaranen | |||
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| Marja Uusitalo | |||
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| Matti Kuortti | .... | sound | |
| Mikael Sievers | .... | sound | |
| Kjell Westman | .... | sound | |
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- Al!ve AG (2007) (Germany) (DVD) (Aki Kaurismäki Collection 3)
- Finnkino
- Národní Filmový Archiv (NFA) (Czech Republic)
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"Crime and Punishment" - , Europe (English title)
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Remake of "Crime and Punishment" (1979)See more »
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Kaurismaki's formal debut is a straight-faced drama set in moody Helsinki that is not however particularly engaging and save for a few inspired moments doesn't really have something to recommend it to the casual viewer. The story revolves around a socially disassociated, aloof man working in a meat factory, who one day shows up in the doorstep of an upper class businessman and simply explains that he's there to kill him then shoots him dead. The rest of the film combines a detective thriller (thriller in the mildest sense of the term) and a psychological drama and is largely okay in both departments.
I find Kaurismaki's very basic approach to film-making to be refreshing compared to the cynic, gimmicky cinema of our days that is more content to wink at the audience than take the material it presents seriously. The dialogue is as sparse as the plot is thinly stretched and everything in 'Crime and Punishment' has a very minimalist feel to it. It's rather short, clocking at almost 90 minutes, but after Kaurismaki gets done with the setup and motive and general background of the killer, and this happens around the half mark, he just doesn't have a whole lot of places to go with the rest of the film.
As a debut and an exercise in film-making for the young director it's impressive, but it's also monotonous and very one-note and just not very interesting.