The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of Tamminiemi' from the perspective of the journalists who wrote it. The time of the book's publication was the worst time of the Finlandization, Soviet spies worked behind the scenes and the power struggle was heating up, who would be successor of the President Kekkonen? The authors of the book appeared under pseudonyms, but the subjects of the writings were named, and it revealed everything that had been going on behind the scenes.
Ratings
TMDB7.3/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur FranckDirector
- Arthur FranckWriter
Cast
- Urho KekkonenSelf (Archive footage)
- Aarno LaitinenSelf
- Janne VirkkunenSelf
- Arto AstikainenSelf
- Anneli SundbergSelf
- Ritva RemesSelf
- Kalle HeiskanenSelf
- Hannu SavolaSelf
Stills
Themes
finlandpolitical scandalfinlandizationfinnish politics