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.
Directing | Dome Karukoski | Director |
Writing | Aleksi Bardy | Writer |
Production | Aleksi Bardy | Producer |
Production | Annika Sucksdorff | Producer |
Production | Miia Haavisto | Producer |
Art | Christian Olander | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Anna Vilppunen | Costume Design |
Art | Lotta Bergman | Art Direction |
Art | Ricardo Molina | Art Direction |
Sound | Lasse Enersen | Original Music Composer |
Art | Riina Sipiläinen | Art Direction |
Sound | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Lasse Frank Johannessen | Director of Photography |
Editing | Harri Ylönen | Editor |
Art | Astrid Poeschke | Art Direction |
Art | Christoph Merg | Set Decoration |
Directing | Antti Lahtinen | First Assistant Director |
Production | Tutsa Huuhka | Casting |
Art | Siim Maaten | Set Dresser |
Camera | Ants Martin Vahur | Steadicam Operator |
Directing | Melissa Markki | Third Assistant Director |