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A dead chairman, a bribery snake pit, and Finnish corporate gloom that'll make you glad you work retail.
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IMDb
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Dirty Story (1984)

Nordic Noir Proto-EditionBureaucratic DreadAdult Swim Energy

Overview

DramaCrime

The director of one of Finland's largest company, United Metal, discovers the company's Chairman dead in the office. A chain of bribes unravels.

Flag of FIFISwedish
Content warning
based on novel or bookbribery

Standout Aspects

Acting

Erland Josephson's unraveling patriarch—Bergman regular slumming in corporate hell.

Direction

Donner's documentary eye makes boardrooms feel like crime scenes.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you hate capitalism but love watching it collapse.·Rewatch: To catch which executives are lying in every scene.
Heads up:Emotional: Bleak view of human nature; no one gets redeemed.
Jörn Donner

Director

Jörn Donner

ReleasedDec 21, 1984
Runtime1h 39m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Svenska Filminstitutet
Jörn Donner Productions

Top Cast

Erland Josephson

Erland Josephson

Gabriel Berggren

Agneta Ekmanner

Agneta Ekmanner

Gabriels wife

Nils Brandt

Nils Brandt

Lönnqvist

Åke Lindman

Åke Lindman

Järnstedt

Lilga Kovanko

Lilga Kovanko

Miss Ahlgren

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Cultural

Erland Josephson was Ingmar Bergman's favorite actor; seeing him in Donner's grubby corporate thriller is like watching a priest sin gloriously.

Insight

Based on a novel by Donner himself—this is Finland wrestling with its own Wärtsilä-era corruption scandals before they hit headlines.

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