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Aki Kaurismäki 3 disc collection : Tatjana, Calamari union, Brott och straff.

Tatjana = Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana (59 min.) : Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana, who are clearly interested in the two men...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Sputnik Oy (Firm), Pandora Film (Firm), Suomen elokuvasäätiö, Villealfa Filmproductions, Sandrews (Firm : Stockholm, Sweden)
Other Authors: Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957-, Kaurismäki, Mika, Toikka, Markku, Seppo, Aino, Nikkari, Esko, 1938-2006, Talaskivi, Jaakko, Eränkö, Timo, 1952-, Heiskanen, Kari, 1955-, Hurula, Asmo, Järvenpää, Sakke, Outinen, Kati, 1961-, Pellonpää, Matti, 1951-1995, Tykkyläinen, Kirsi, Valtonen, Mato
Format: Video DVD
Language:Finnish
Russian
Language Notes:In Finnish with optional subtitles in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English and Finnish.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Sandrew Metronome, 2005.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881. > Prestuplenie i nakazanie. > Selections. > English > Adaptations.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Finnish.
Comedy films.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881. > Prestuplenie i nakazanie. > English > Adaptations.
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Summary:Tatjana = Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana (59 min.) : Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana, who are clearly interested in the two men despite the language barrier, but how to get a response from such a lugubrious pair?
Calimari Union (78 min.): An absurdist drama in which 17 Finnish-speaking men all named Frank, and one English-speaking man named Pekka are on their way to the other side of the town to escape the dirty streets of Helsinki.
Brott och straff = Crime and punishment (89 min.) : Inspired by Dostoyevsky's famous novel, this engrossing Finnish version of "Crime and punishment" revolves around an ex-law student in Helsinki who now works in a slaughterhouse. One day he searches out the drunk driver that had killed his fiancee and coldly shoots him to death. He begins a hopeless affair with a woman who witnessed the incident.
Item Description:Tatjana (also known as Take care of your scarf, Tatiana) originally released as a Finnish motion picture in 1994. Calamari Union released in 1985. Brott och straff (also known as Rikos ja rangaistus) originally released in 1983.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; PAL; Region 2.
Production Credits:Tatjana : production Sputnik Oy in co-production with Pandora Film and in association with Finnish Film Foundation YLE/TV-1 ; directed and produced by Aki Kaurismäki ; screenplay, Aki Kaurismäki, Sakke Järvenpää ; cinematography, Timo Salminen.
Calamari Union : production Villealfa Filmproductions Oy ; written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki ; producer, Jaakko Talaskivi ; cinematography, Timo Salminen ; editors, Aki Kaurismäki, Raija Talvio ; music, Casablanca and This and That..
Brott och straff : production Villealfa Filmproductions Oy ; written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki ; producer, Mika Kaurismäki ; cinematography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Veikko Aaltonen ; music, Shostakovich, Shubert.