Dirty Hands
1989 · 68 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 231 VOTES · DIR. Aki Kaurismäki
Overview
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. Kaurismäki's TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party's newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,091 lines
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00:01:35 Who is it? - Hugo.
00:04:43 And you would say: -
00:07:39 We can't get rid of him without finding out whether he is salvageable or not.
00:10:29 What did you think of?
00:13:33 Good-by.
00:16:33 He's reliable.
00:19:22 You are married, right?
00:22:44 He intimidated you!
00:24:49 We came to give you a hand.
00:27:01 My husband adores killers.
00:29:45 Question of looks.
00:32:16 That makes it worse.
00:35:08 - to impress me, -
00:37:39 Naturally.
00:40:55 Karsky and I have come to an agreement in principle.
00:43:38 The Prince and I can come to an agreement without you.
00:46:40 - and at the moment of fulfillment you see they had someone else do it.
00:49:20 Wake up, Hugo.
00:52:05 - I lived above a chauffeur.
00:54:46 It's the dame. She wants to see you.
00:57:34 Did you know that it was a woman who threw the bomb?
01:01:04 I think I love you.
01:04:20 Will you help me, as before?
01:06:54 Unsalvageable.