Tom of Finland
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.
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Cast
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Pekka Strang
Touko Laaksonen / Tom of Finland
Known for
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Lauri Tilkanen
Veli
Known for
Deadwind
Jessica Grabowsky
Kaija
Known for
Midnight Sun
Taisto Oksanen
Alijoki
Also in
Sininen enkeli
Moominvalley
Seumas F. Sargent
Doug
Known for
The Billion Dollar Code
The Signal
Jakob Oftebro
Jack
Known for
Black Crab
The Last King
Niklas Hogner
Kake
No other roles listed
Chris Myland
Security Person
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Alf Myreen
AD Artist
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Fabian Puregger
Tom's Dream Cop
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Roope Karisto
Young Man
Also in
Me and Morrison
The Home of Dark Butterflies
Emanuel Claesson
Man in Doorway
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Nadja
Dome Karukoski Director · Aleksi Bardy Writer Hildur Guðnadóttir Composer
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $4.2M · First release January 27, 2017
Box office
Budget
$4,200,000
Worldwide gross
$1,792,414
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Helsinki-filmi
Production
Fridthjof Film
Production
Neutrinos Productions
Production
Anagram
Production
Iceland · Finland · United States · Sweden · Denmark · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish · German
Release dates
Sweden · January 27, 2017
Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
Finland · February 24, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
October 13, 2017 · Theatrical
France
July 19, 2017 · Theatrical
Germany
October 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 11, 2017 · Digital
Netherlands
March 15, 2018 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 6, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 30, 2018 · Theatrical
Spain
July 7, 2017 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 11, 2017 · Theatrical
November 20, 2017 · Physical
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