Tom of Finland
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- Runtime
- 116 mins
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.
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
- Pekka Strang
- Lauri Tilkanen
- Jessica Grabowsky
- Taisto Oksanen
- Seumas F. Sargent
- Jakob Oftebro
- Niklas Hogner
- Chris Myland
- Alf Myreen
- Fabian Puregger
- Roope Karisto
- Emanuel Claesson
- Henri Keränen
- Siim Maaten
- Leif Edlund
- Werner Daehn
- Christian Sandström
- Martin Bahne
- Kari Hietalahti
- Ksenia Lelesh
- Ida Koski
- Anders Sanzén
- Sanne Broström
- Niko Wirtanen
- Jari Forsman
- Norbert Braun
- Erwin Bruhn
- Martin Bergman
- Thomas Olausson
- Paavo Pyykkönen
- Sten Sture Olander
- Pekka Immonen
- Meri Nenonen
- Jari Tolkki
- Þorsteinn Bachmann
- Frank Michael Jork
- David Nolden
- C.T. Brauner
- Jimmy Shaw
- Matthew Way
- Haymon Maria Buttinger
- Margit Trennedal
- Amelia Hoy
- Manfred Böll
- Liliana Lindner
- Harriet Pasternak
- Eric Rusch
- Fred Baube
- Celina Callahan
- Erich Silva
- Julian Herring
- Lawrence Dolkart
- Leena Asp
- Mark B. Odom
- Rich Lyons
- Sophia Albow
- Steven Stewart
Director
- Dome Karukoski
Producers
- Miia Haavisto
- Aleksi Bardy
- Annika Sucksdorff
