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 post-war Helsinki rampant with homophobic persecution, 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 inhabitations. 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.
Cast
Pekka Strang (Tom / Touko) , Seumas F. Sargent (Doug) , Chris Myland (Security Person) , Alf Myreen (AD Artist)
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Languages
Finnish, German, English
Subtitles
English
Country
Finland
Studio
Peccadillo Pictures