
A Respectable Tragedy
Drama
Overview
In the 1930s, middle-aged museum curator Tauno Saarinen yearns for a young beautiful maid and writes a lengthy confession about his feelings which he gives his wife Elisabet to read. Elisabet shows the writings to her husband's sister Naimi, an art critic who tries to reconcile with her ex-husband despite a spiteful mother-in-law. Meanwhile, things gets worse between Tauno and Elisabet when the young maid, seduced by Tauno, becomes pregnant. Based on a novel by Helvi Hämäläinen, first published in 1941 but partly censored until 1995 because allegedly based on true incidents involving well-known people.
Top Cast


Ville Virtanen
Ville Virtanen
Tauno Saarinen
Ville Virtanen
Tauno Saarinen
Päivi Akonpelto
Päivi Akonpelto
Elisabeth Saarinen
Päivi Akonpelto
Elisabeth Saarinen
Henriikka Salo
Henriikka Salo
Naimi Saarinen
Henriikka Salo
Naimi Saarinen
Kyllikki Forssell
Kyllikki Forssell
Ada, Arturs mother
Kyllikki Forssell
Ada, Arturs mother


Timo Jurkka
Timo Jurkka
Artur, Naimi's ex-husband
Timo Jurkka
Artur, Naimi's ex-husband
Saara Hilpinen
Saara Hilpinen
Tellervo Nurmi
Saara Hilpinen
Tellervo Nurmi


Maria Järvenhelmi
Maria Järvenhelmi
Jenny
Maria Järvenhelmi
Jenny
Ossi Lehtinen
Ossi Lehtinen
Pekka Saarinen
Ossi Lehtinen
Pekka Saarinen


Mari Rantasila
Mari Rantasila
Adan piika
Mari Rantasila
Adan piika


Kati Outinen
Kati Outinen
Midwife
Kati Outinen
Midwife
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