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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 post-war Helsinki rampant with homophobic persecution, and gay men around him are being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art: homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions.
But it is only when an American publisher sees them and invites Touko over to the West Coast that his life really takes a turn. Finally being able to walk free and proud in Los Angeles, Touko dives head first into the sexual revolution, becoming an icon and a rallying point. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of the worldwide gay revolution.
Original Release
01/27/2017
US Release
10/13/2017
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Pekka Strang | Touko Laaksonen / Tom / Touko / Tom of Finland |
Seumas F. Sargent | Doug |
Chris Myland | Security Person |
Alf Myreen | AD Artist |
Fabian Puregger | Tom's Dream Cop |
Lauri Tilkanen | Veli |
Roope Karisto | Young Man |
Taisto Oksanen | Alijoki |
Emanuel Claesson | Man in Doorway |
Henri Keränen | Radio Operator / Soldier, Chorus |
Directors
Writers
Aleksi Bardy, Dome Karukoski, Mark Alton Brown, Noam Andrews, Kauko Röyhkä, Mia Ylönen, Susanna Luoto
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pekka Strang | Touko Laaksonen / Tom / Touko / Tom of Finland |
Seumas F. Sargent | Doug |
Chris Myland | Security Person |
Alf Myreen | AD Artist |
Fabian Puregger | Tom's Dream Cop |
Lauri Tilkanen | Veli |
Roope Karisto | Young Man |
Taisto Oksanen | Alijoki |
Emanuel Claesson | Man in Doorway |
Henri Keränen | Radio Operator / Soldier, Chorus |
Jessica Grabowsky | Kaija |
Siim Maaten | Russian Paratrooper |
Leif Edlund | Moustache Man |
Niko Wirtanen | Bouncer at Hansa Bar |
Jari Forsman | Police Officer in the Park |
Niklas Hogner | Kake |
Martin Bahne | Gabriel |
Ksenia Lelesh | Maria |
Norbert Braun | Border Guard |
Erwin Bruhn | Receptionist in Berlin |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dome Karukoski | Executive Producer |
Mike Downey | Executive Producer |
Sam Taylor | Executive Producer |
Ronnie Fridthjof | Executive Producer |
Aleksi Bardy | Producer |
Hannu Aukia | Producer |
Gunnar Carlsson | Producer |
Emma Drost Jensen | Producer |
Caroline Eybye | Producer |
Johann Frank | Producer |
Åsa Karlsson | Producer |
Heidi Laitinen | Producer |
Jason Lehel | Producer |
Sophie Mahlo | Producer |
Jaakko Manninen | Producer |
Luis Montalvo | Producer |
Pauli Pentti | Producer |
Simon Perry | Producer |
Annika Sucksdorff | Producer |
Malin Söderlund | Producer |
Peter Welter Soler | Producer |
Ingvar Þórðarson | Producer |
Miia Haavisto | Producer |
Miriam Nørgaard | Producer |
Helen Vinogradov | Producer |