Portraits of Women

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.

Cast

Jörn Donner

as Pertti 'Pertsa'

Ritva Vepsä

as Saara Suominen

Kirsti Wallasvaara

as Liisa

Aarre Elo

as Jussi

Marianne Holmström

as Ulla Carlsson

Henrik Granö

as Sven Pettersson

Jaakko Talaskivi

as Peter von Spaak (uncredited)

Lennart Lauramaa

as Producer (uncredited)

Hannu Oravisto

as Schoolboy (uncredited)

Heli Sakki

as Actress (uncredited)

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