Tom of Finland

02/24/2017

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1hr 56min

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Drama

They called it filth. It became a revolution.

STORY

Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Pekka Strang
  • Lauri Tilkanen
  • Jessica Grabowsky
  • Taisto Oksanen
  • Seumas F. Sargent

    Directors

  • Dome Karukoski
  • Melissa Markki
  • Pauli Pentti
  • Tuula Nikkola
  • Tommi Kilpiö

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Helsinki-filmi
  • Fridthjof Film
  • Neutrinos Productions
  • Anagram

    Production Countries

  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • United States of America
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Finnish
  • German

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