Portraits of Women
Genres
Overview
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.
Details
Budget
$120815
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
1970-02-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Finnish
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
5.1
Jörn Donner
Pertti 'Pertsa'
Ritva Vepsä
Saara Suominen
Kirsti Wallasvaara
Liisa
Aarre Elo
Jussi
Marianne Holmström
Ulla Carlsson
Henrik Granö
Sven Pettersson
Jaakko Talaskivi
Peter von Spaak (uncredited)
Lennart Lauramaa
Producer (uncredited)
Hannu Oravisto
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Heli Sakki
Actress (uncredited)
Pirjo Honkasalo
Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Anssi Mänttäri
Special Effects Man (uncredited)
Jukka Sipilä
Real Estate Broker (uncredited)
Helena Mäkelä
Reporter (uncredited)
Henrik Lax
Mayor (uncredited)
Aimo Paapio
Ulla's Father (uncredited)
Elvi Saarnio
Ulla's Mother (uncredited)
Päivi Hartzell
Woman on Dock (uncredited)
Liisa Helminen
Woman on Dock (uncredited)
Paul Brück
Man on Dock (uncredited)
Juhani Kumpulainen
Bailiff (uncredited)
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