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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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Asko Sarkola
Asko Sarkola
Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
Asko Sarkola
Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala


Rea Mauranen
Rea Mauranen
Olga Esempio
Rea Mauranen
Olga Esempio
Kari Franck
Kari Franck
Gunnar Avanto
Kari Franck
Gunnar Avanto
Ari Suonsuu
Ari Suonsuu
Kalle
Ari Suonsuu
Kalle
Ritva Juhanto
Ritva Juhanto
Kurttuska
Ritva Juhanto
Kurttuska


Esko Salminen
Esko Salminen
Arwid
Esko Salminen
Arwid
Heikki Alho
Heikki Alho
Pikku-Pouvali
Heikki Alho
Pikku-Pouvali
Tuomo Railo
Tuomo Railo
Sulo Esempio
Tuomo Railo
Sulo Esempio


Yuri Rodionov
Yuri Rodionov
Rawitz
Yuri Rodionov
Rawitz


Galina Galtseva
Galina Galtseva
Magda
Galina Galtseva
Magda
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