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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Runtime

155 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

17 October 1980

Country

Finland

Cast

Asko Sarkola

Asko Sarkola

Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala

Rea Mauranen

Rea Mauranen

Olga Esempio

Kari Franck

Kari Franck

Gunnar Avanto

Ari Suonsuu

Ari Suonsuu

Kalle

Ritva Juhanto

Ritva Juhanto

Kurttuska

Esko Salminen

Esko Salminen

Arwid

Heikki Alho

Heikki Alho

Pikku-Pouvali

Tuomo Railo

Tuomo Railo

Sulo Esempio

Yuri Rodionov

Yuri Rodionov

Rawitz

Galina Galtseva

Galina Galtseva

Magda

Soli Labbart

Soli Labbart

Maria Lassila

Pirkka Karskela

Pirkka Karskela

Young Algot

Markku Blomqvist

Markku Blomqvist

Lundberg

Esa Suvilehto

Esa Suvilehto

Pöntinen

Matti Oravisto

Matti Oravisto

Commandant Carl von Wendt

Gunvor Sandkvist

Gunvor Sandkvist

Anna Belostotskaja

Pentti Kotkaniemi

Pentti Kotkaniemi

Russian Army Captain

Aleksandr Zakharov

Aleksandr Zakharov

Von Plehwe

Vadim Mikheyenko

Vadim Mikheyenko

Terrorist

Antero Harpf

Antero Harpf

Rebel officer

German Lupekin

German Lupekin

General Porunov

Esko Pesonen

Esko Pesonen

Chief editor

Arno Virtanen

Arno Virtanen

Circus manager

Vitali Iljin-Shapiro

Vitali Iljin-Shapiro

Terrorist

Jan Kulik

Jan Kulik

Terrorist

Toivo Tuomainen

Toivo Tuomainen

Oskari Skoff

Elvi Saarnio

Elvi Saarnio

Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)

Yrjö Tähtelä

Yrjö Tähtelä

Narrator (voice)

Eeva-Kaarina Volanen

Eeva-Kaarina Volanen

(voice)

Mauno Blomqvist

Mauno Blomqvist

Ploughman (uncredited)

Mauri Front

Mauri Front

News photographer (uncredited)

Pentti Louko

Pentti Louko

Orthodox priest (uncredited)

Esko Salmesvirta

Esko Salmesvirta

Algot's father (uncredited)

Rauha Wolska

Rauha Wolska

Restaurant hostess (uncredited)

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