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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

  • 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

Overview

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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