"This film is fiction but it takes places in a country that existed once." "THE LEGEND OF LAKE BODOM" "MILITARY AREA NO TRESPASS" "Sodankylä, February 1960" "Damned fools." "I cleaned as much as I could." "Information may have leaked." "If it hadm the Russians would be here." "Deal with this alongside your official duties." "Report directly to me." "Can I share this with my colleague, Inspector Ilmari Hallanheimo?" "No." "Thank you." "American greaseball." "Italian greaseball." "Is President Kekkonen under suspicion?" "Ilmari, I suspect everyone including myself and the President's wife." "General Headquarters" "The Soviet Embassy in Helsinki" "Macaroni casserole." "Whipped berry pudding for dessert." "And for a starter?" "More starters, please." "I bought a record." "Rautavaara?" " No." "Too Finnish." "Paul Anka ( ankka=duck)" "Listen." "The rhythm." "You could wear your hair like Paul Anka." "Is it not enough that I dance like a duck?" "You dance well for a police." "You dance too well - for a wife." "Are you trying to propose?" "Inspector Ilmari Hallanheimo is trying to propose to " "Office Clerk Irene Kottarainen." "You must say yes." "It went into the bedroom." "Help me up, please." "This proposal hurts my knees." "It's not allowed to make love during the engagement." "The casserole is getting cold." "Igor Golitsyn Secretary of Legation" "Let's go." "Mr. Asman, the tea." "What are you doing in Secretary Golitsyn's office?" "Crack here, crack there, must plaster everything, natürlich." "It's forbidden to come in here." "Didn't know that." "Door was open." "Pretty Madam won't tell on me?" "I won't." "And it's Miss." "Miss." "Helsinki, June 1960" "As the Commander-in-Chief of The Finnish Defence Forces I award You Second Lieutenant Oiva Keto A Mannerheim Cross of Liberty Mannerheim" "What a snooze." "You've put grease in your hair." "And you in your toes." "... from abroad." "Kreml announces the Soviet air defence has shot down - an American surveillance plane." "The pilot is alive and being questioned." "The weather forecast for Pentecost:" "Hot weather across the country." "The Pentecost weekend." "The church bells toll." "Even the old policeman can rest." "Damn it." "Hans." "Visitors." "There's a havoc at the Lake Bodom." "Four people have been killed in a drunken brawl." "God Almighty." "Where's the fourth victim?" "They took hi, to the hospital in an ambulance." "Did we get a statement?" "Sheer death rattle." "Did they take photographs before the fourth victim was taken?" "We didn't have a camera." "I drew a picture." "You're an artist." "We'll take this, please." "Who the hell would do something like this?" "The killer stabbed through the canvas." "I don't think so." "The boy was stabbed to the windpipe." "A surgical strike." "The bikes were not taken and teenagers don't have money - ruling out murder and robbery." "The blond girl has twenty cuts around her neck." "There's hatred behind this." "The killer is a lunatic or he knows the victims." "Niemi, Tuulikki, 15, " "Bergström, Irmeli, 15, " "Boman, Seppo, 18 - the survivor Grönholm, Nils, 18." "All the families have been contacted." "Boman's and Grönholm's shoes were hidden behind a rock - along the road leading to the kiosk, around 600 metres from here." "One pair is blood-stained." "Finnish youth can't even afford decent shoes." "Is Paul "duck" Anka the murderer?" "That's a big footprint for a duck." "Where did you dive?" "From the rock of course, not to muddle up the traces." "From the rock of course, not to muddle up the traces." "Next eyewitness:" "Jukka Startzevski!" "When were you there?" " A week ago." "But nobody was killed there then." " No." "What are you doing here then?" "I saw the tent's place." "Yes." "There was an ant trail." "Well." "Who would pitch camp on an ant trail?" "Do you mean that the tent and the corpses - were brought from some other place?" "I'm just curious." "Out." "Next." "The one lying on top had black trousers and shoes." "Are you sure about the shoes?" "Yes." "I thought it was odd to sleep with one's shoes on." "Did he move?" " No." "Were you far from the tent?" "Maybe 20 metres." "Then you saw the man?" " Yes." "Behind the tent a man moved towards the east coast." "What time was it?" "5.45 am, maybe." "What did he look like?" "I couldn't see properly for the shadows of the trees." "Hair was curly." "How curly?" "Wavy, combed back." "Curly, wavy and combed back." "How come you saw the hair but not the face?" "He stood so that sun caught his hair." "Was he pissing?" "I don't know." "Catch any fish?" "Bollocks." "What I'm about to tell you is stricktly confidential." "Good." "I was at the cape in the small hours - eating my sandwiches." "Why didn't you eat at home?" "I needed some fresh air - my wife's idea." "Did you drink spirits?" "No." "Some red wine and cheese sandwiches." "The night was most beautiful." "I felt tired and reclined on the rock." "No stars were in sight." "It may have been too light." "That's when all three of them came." "What did?" "The Phantoms." "Did they have webs on their feet?" "I didn't see any webs." "I felt oddly placid and fell asleep on the rock and didn't see them again." "In the morning I swam across the bay and now I'm here." "Thank you for all this." "The tent was up." "There was blood." "The grass was like a rug of blood." "The survivor was lying with one arm across his chest, whining." "Did he say anything?" "No." "With Sigurd we went to call the police from the waterworks office." "Did you see anyone?" "No." "Thanks." "You may go." "Were the victims wearing shoes?" "No." "All had only socks in their feet." "Something's fishy." "They have shoes on and off - the shoes that are hidden." "Perkele." "Does the press have a steady opinion of who did it?" "They demand we arrest someone." "Let's arrest President Kekkonen." "As the head of the country, he's responsible - and Prime Minister Sukselainen is his partner in crime." "This moment in this Finland - is the vertigo of the dying summer's day." "What do they show in the pictures when sinns take place?" "The blue sky." "You should sleep." "Mannerheim's statue was unveiled the day before the Bodom murders." "A statue for the good old times, for the heroic boys." "Now that innocence is gone." "Children are killed, again." "And the truth is not in our hands." "It's in the blue skies." "Scheisse." "A lateral fracture in the lower jaw on the left side - a fracture beside the jaw joint, and in between a cut of 3-4 c, - so deep the teeth were almost exposed." "What kind of a weapon?" "Typical injuries caused by a blunt object, kicks or punches." "Has he spoken yet?" "No." "He is sleepy." "Says words we can't decipher." "Nils Grönholm!" "The patient must not be disturbed in any way." "Sleep is vital." "Some are asleep." "For others it's the big sleep." "Does it hurt here?" "Stop poking." "I'm dizzy." "What has he eaten?" " Nothing especial." "Do you consume a lot of alcohol?" " Just a little Bordeaux wine." "Can you join your fingers like this?" "What about the blood pressure?" " It fluctuates." "The dyastolic is between 70 and 90." "And the motion?" "Have you had a shit?" "Now?" "Not in the bed." "Niemands." "Toilet natürlich." "We'll monitor him until we know what causes the dizziness." "Are you the next of kin?" "A friend." "But you can call me." "I'll leave my number at the desk." "My name is Tellervo Hool." "Infusion with basic liquid, extra oxygen." "There was blood dried on his hands and his overalls." "Show me, please." "Kreml is worried." "There's a leak in the Embassy in Helsinki." "Someone's selling material whose diary number leads - to your office." "Am I a suspect?" "No, but Kreml wants this leak investigated." "Thoroughly." "Do they know who the seller is?" "Supposedly they're German, or at least using German intermediaries." "All we could obtain was this useless sample - and the intermediary died." "Dated in February." "Try to remember." "Here it is summer - but in Siberia it is winter, and the permafrost." "Last winter, there was that plasterer renovating the office next to yours." "Thank you, Natasha." "This Asman, however, was never in this office." "If he had been, you would have told us." "Yes, of course." "So we're all absolutely certain, relieved and glad." "Yes." "Nikolai, go fetch some gherkins." "Holy Father, forgive me for I have sinned." "Have mercy on me." "Committing the violent act, I felt no remorse - until it was too late." "Do you have any news from them?" "Your parents are not well." "But they're alive." "I don't know how long I can guarantee their security." "That place is not a health spa." "What do you want?" "Information." "Significant information." "Head of Research Division Colonel Santeri Hallanheimo" "Perkele!" "Clerk Irene Kottarainen" "Irene." " Santeri." "Working overtime again." "I was just leaving." "Cold hands." "I'll take you." "The driver is waiting outside." "How's that scoundrel son of mine doing?" "Ilmari is investigating that murder, around the clock." "A sad incident." "Young people." "Life had just begun." "I'll pop in my office and then we can go." "Irene." "Have you set the date?" "No, not yet." "How nice." "You've cooked." "What is it?" "What time is it?" "Almost midnight." "Why?" "Why does my fianceé come home this time of the night?" "You're hiding something." " Nonsense." "What is this greaseball doing on our wall?" "He's my favourite singer." "Music requires no picture." "You're jealous." "My police instincts tell me you're hiding something!" "And love equals trust." "Very well, police officer " "I was with a man." " What man?" "Not telling!" " Tell me!" "If you tell me his name, I won't kill him - but if I must dig it up myself " "I won't promise you anything!" "The man is your father." "Our Santeri?" "I was working overtime and he gave me a lift home." "You can check it." "I'm sorry." " Not good enough." "Say that you love me." " I love you." "Say that you love me more than the goodness in the world." "I love you more than the goodness in the world." "Let's get married." "When?" " At Midsummer." "For a wedding gift I want a big picture of Paul Anka." "Because of the murders at the Lake Bodom - police is interested in all sightings made on the 6th of June - between midnight and 10 am." "Everyone who was in the area during those hours - should report to the nearest police station..." "There are many clues." "Keto thinks too many." "You'll go over them now." "The duty officer gives out the list." "Is the kiosk vendor still on it?" "A man is innocent if his relatives say so." "The tracks are getting cold." "He'll get away from us." "From himself he won't." "Who are you?" " A man." "Plenty of them around here." "Your garden is facing west." "If you had children - you would have a nursery facing west." "I haven't been blessed with children." "That's nasty of God." " I haven't tried with Him." "Where's your husband?" "No idea." "He comes and goes, mostly goes." "We've information that could lead to his exile." "I'll pack his lunch." "Is he interested in photography?" "I suppose he is as you found a camera." "What does he photograph, Mrs. Asman?" "Where does he keep the negatives?" "Where that slut lives." " Address?" "I don't distribute sluts' addresses." "You must ask a hustler for those." "I didn't come here to joke." "It's in Vallila." "Inarintie 12." "Hans Asman, alias Mate." "An interview with the Security Police - regarding the application for naturalization, 19 Dec. 1958, - carried out by Senior Inspector Keto." "According to the report, Mr. Asman, a German citizen - is a respectable, hard-working man - and nothing unfavourable is known of him." "He has worked for the following employers:" "Naviko Oy, Auto-Ala, HTK and Vallilan Hartsi Oy." "Central Criminal Police, please." "Mr. Asman was called up to the German army in 1942 - and was taken prisoner near Kaliningrad in January 1944." "He was taken to the Krasniak Tabinsk prison camp in the Urals - returning to Germany in 1950 and came to Finland in 1952." "We advocate the approval of the application for naturalization." "Senior Inspector Keto." "Reporting a patient to the police is a case of extremity." "As a Senior Physician I agreed after consideration." "He's suspicios, evidently manic, probably a drug addict." "He showed us an article from a German magazine - about murdered girls." "He said, "I can use a knife, too, but my patients don't whine"." "As doctors we're used to making observations and conclusions." "He may be a German spy gone mad." "He's very strong." "He lifted me up like a child and suggested a slow schlager." "Perhaps these murders are supposed to create chaos - weaken Finland from within." "A fly." "In the Pentecost morning his hands were dirty perhaps bloody." "His overalls might also be bloody." "They should be investigated." "Let's interview him first." "Illness." "Not a crime." "Where were you on the night of Pentecost?" "Shagging." " Where?" "On Inarintie." " Who?" "Tellervo Haul." "Schön." "Does your wife know?" " She doesn't understand." "Jealous." "Do you have a house near Lake Bodom on Korventie 137?" "Haben Sie eine Zigarette?" "Doctors say there's nothing wrong with you and that you're hiding here." "Bloody quacks can't cure me!" "Where does it hurt now?" "Stomach kaput, lower back kaput, verstehen sie?" "A scar, da." "Asshole." "Here are the overalls with blood." " Red ochre." "What's wrong with Asman?" "At first it looked like decompression sickness, but we don't know." "Why isn't he discharged?" " The blood pressure fluctuates, he has cramps." "It would be against doctor's ethics." "It would have been wise to analyse the overalls." "To reach the right conclusion, one must err." "Nature is merciful to human errors." "We need the doctors' statement." " They're all hysteric." "The greatest achievement of medicine is enbalming - and that is done to the dead." "He spent the night here." "He left after nine." "What does Miss do for living?" "I translate manuals." "English into Finnish." "Manuals of what?" "Outboard motors." "And preservatives." "You have samples here." "Sure." "Do you have a criminal record?" " Why would you ask me that?" "Your landlord Armas U. Karjula was convicted of a triple-murder in 1941." "He spent 13 years in penal servitude and was pardonned by the President." "I'm just renting the room." " By the hour?" "By the month." "How did you spend that night with Asman?" "We were listening to the radio." "Come by the station to sign your statement." "Why do you have Paul Anka's picture on the wall?" "A gorgeous man." "Will you sell it to me?" "I sleep badly these days." "Three times a night I must have a piss." "The loo is out back, so I must go past Tellervo's room to get there." "And through the night they were listening to the radio together?" "Yes." "It was around 9 am." "when Asman left." "The lady of the house confirms this?" "Whose oxygen bottles are these?" "Mine." "For welding." "One suspect less." "An alibi given by a triple-murderer is as airtight as - a birch bark preservative." "Was ist denn?" "I don't speak German." "If Miss would allow me to spend the summer night here." "Are you not dizzy?" "Fresh air." "Good." "You'll get cold." "Sie sind so hübsch." "Would Miss come and keep me warm?" "Nein." "The balcony door must be closed in order to prevent the draft." "The safe-deposit box of the railway station." "The end row." "Are they exchanging information?" " Just germs, Comrade Major." "Did you ever love somebody?" "I've been working all my life." "Don't inflict unnecessary pain." "There must be a compensation for the hard labour." "Did I have an accident when I came from..." "Where did you come from?" "From there, from where we went camping, at the Lake Bodom." "What happened at the lake?" "We went there by bike." "Was I in an accident ever before we got there?" "Nils Grönholm." "What happend at the lake before you were in an accident?" "We were fishing." " What happened then?" "That's the odd thing..." "I got into an accident." "Who hit you?" "Did someone hit me?" "Where's Seppo?" "Where are the girls?" "Don't worry, Nils." "You must rest now." "Amnesia, loss of memory." "He's been through a traumatic experience." "We haven't told him yet." " And you won't either." "He's going to do it himself." " We'll act in the patient's interest." "Perhaps also in the interest of the three who are dead." "It's possible he'll never remember what happened at Lake Bodom." "He's alive anyway." "Eating soup and forming sentences." "Yesterday the young victims of the bloodbath that shook the nation - were lain to rest in the cemetary of the Helsinki Parish Church." "County Dean Rauno Tirskainen officiated at the funeral." "He consoled the mourners with the words of the Corinth Letter:" "Listen, I tell you a mystery:" "We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet." "For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, - and we will be changed." "Get away from me!" "What are you ogling?" "You have a good-looking lady friend." " Yes, I do." "And she's mine." "Two seconds faster." "Examinee denies being psstitute." "Claims to be a trasslator." "Testifies that the arrested ofd-job man Asman spet the night - in the sofa-bed of the examinee, Tellervo Haul." "They had been listening to the radio before going to bed." "Miss Haul testifies they had listened to more radio in the morning." "Asman left only after the music was finished, just after 9 am." "Will I put my signaturrre here?" "Were you listening to the radio last night?" "Sure." "Many times." "Some sofa-bed." "Why am I told only now?" "We waited for you to tell us something first." "Goddamnit, if I had had a chance to punch whoever did it." "I thought I was in a crash." "Where's my bike?" " Safe and sound." "Seppo was my best mate." "Did you ever argue?" " Of what?" "Do you get drunk often?" "Sometimes at dances, to manage the slow ones." "Was Irmeli your girlfriend?" " Yes." "That night, in the tent, were you like a man and wife?" "No." "We were not married." "Well, what on earth were you doing then?" " Fishing and swimming." "And we had sausages and a deck of cards, too." "What is the last thing you remember?" "We said good night and all of us went to bed." "What time?" " Around 2 am." "You fought with someone." " No." "With the murderer." "Did I?" "Why am I alive?" " That's what we'd like to know, too." "I need a new driver." "With a KGB background." "He musn't be inept, talkative, or too tall." "He must be armed." "Finland is a dangerous country." "I have obtained significant information." "Show me." "The information is so significant I won't submit it without guarantees." "What kind of guarantees?" "Make sure they get out of that camp." "We have relatives in Vyborg." "I'll wait for the news." "I don't have the authority." "Then contact someone who has." "The information." "What is it about?" "If it's substantial, maybe I can try." "The proof of a hostile conspiracy against your nation." "Holy Father, thank you." "Doesn't fit on the shoulders." "And sticks out on the ass." "No looking." "It's bad luck." "There's no turning back now, be fortunes good or bad." "I can bring a horse and carriage to the backdoor of the church." "No thanks, but bring a motorcycle." "A man's fortune is hard to keep." "We were spared by the war and coincidence, but why?" "Are you a pagan?" "No." "It is possible that goodness exists." "Honeymoon on a murder a scene." "Real romance is always a little bit dangerous." "You'll mess up my lipstick." "A fine camera." "Russian." "Who gave it to you?" "My brother, from Vyborg." "He posted it, as a christmas present." "Why didn't your brother come to Finland?" "We've talked about this." "He has a family there." "Did he move from Petrozavodsk to Vyborg before your parents died?" "Yes, he did." "Did you ever..." " Ok, now." "Back to romance." "What would you say if I said - that I'd like to have a baby?" "What would you like to hear as my newly-married wife?" "Well, how many - and will we have little boys and little girls." " I sense a crime!" "Someone forgot the rubber devices for baby prevention on purpose." "I have, however, these." "What is this?" "A charmer is often a swimmer." "A minor fracture." "A patient has gone missing." "There's no sign of Mr. Asman." "I tripped on the tent strings." "I'm sorry." "Look what I found:" "A US army watch - stopped in the night of Pentecost, on the 5th of June." "Dinner!" "Who?" " The Russians." "Name?" "Didn't say." "A bald man." "The driver was a giant." " Golitsyn." "What did he want?" " He was asking questions about you." "He found a camera, nothing else." "He wanted the negatives - but I said I didn't know about them." "Sehr gut." "Fort Bragg, 1958." "A US military training centre." " I know." "Where exactly did you find this?" " Twenty metres from the shore." "Who have you told about this?" " Mostly I've kept my mouth shut." "What do you know about hypnosis?" "I sense scepticism towards science." "The patient might sense it too." "And his subconscious remains veiled." "Look at my eyes." "You opened up a little." "Maintain this state of mind." "Otherwise we shall - ... you shall fail dramatically." "I am the darkness." "I am the sleep." "I am the Pentecost night." "Windy." "What do you see?" "Nothing." "I hear." "What do you hear?" "Screaming." "Who's screaming?" "The girls." "Why?" "Someone attacks us." "You're opening your eyes." "I can't." "Eyes are covered in blood." "You can see through the blood." "Calm down." "What does he look like?" "Ugly." " Describe, please." "Eyes like welding flame." "I'm scared." "What is distinctive about him?" "He's a frogman." "What is he doing?" "He's hitting, hitting..." "There are three men." "Your dream becomes peaceful." "You're safe." "You can see clearly." "Are there three men?" "No." "He moves fast." "Like three men." "Is he dark or blonde?" "Blonde." "What kind of weapons does he have?" "A knife, and an iron tool." "What kind of a tool?" " An iron pipe." "Has he hit the girls yet?" "Yes." "Does he say anything?" " No." "He hits." "Are the girls speaking?" "No." "They're already dead." "Was Nils Grönholm really hypnotized?" "Yes." "Is it possible to lie in deep hypnosis?" "Are we living in a dream and dreaming of a life that's a lie, " "Mr. Keto?" "I'm bringing lures to the president." "The Russians never mentioned the other U2 plane that was shot down - because the pilot managed to escape to Finland." "A Yankee spy was a severe diplomatic threath - and couldn't be extradited to either country." "There was only one option." "You knew about this." "The decision was made by Colonel Hallanheimo." "He wanted to cover up his own mess." "I ought to have known." " He used outsiders in the operation." "One turned out to be unreliable." "Howcome it's always the heroes here in Finland - who lose and destroy the treasure?" "Khrushchev is coming to my 60th birthday party in September." "What do you think, will he wrap up the Red Army?" "The U2 incident has aggravated the relations between the USA - and the Soviet Union, coming up to the summit." "Prime Minister Khrushchev firmly criticised Turkey, Pakistan - and Norway, for participating in the illegal flight of the American plane." "To the Market Square." "I'll get off there." "I'm going to buy some fish." "Does my son know?" "Would you excuse us." "The rabbits are silent." "Lepores tacen." "The rabbits are silent." "Kottarainen, Irene Olga." "Alias:" "Sandpiper." "Born 11." "Sep.1928 in Petrozavodsk." "Parents Iida and Anatol Kottarainen, detained 11." "Feb.1956, - suspected of unpatriotic activities." "Moved to Krasnojarsk Ulak detention camp and remain there." "Application for naturalization approved 1 7." "April.1957 - by Senior Inspector Keto." "This bin is in Finland." "We empty the bins on this side - and you on that side." "If you try anything, I'll kill you." "You don't look too surprised." "Sometimes bad deeds are done for the good." "And so they become good deeds." " Cut the poetic crap and get real." "You've known this all along." "U.S. spy planes have an emergency airfield in Lapland." "Generals have made secret deals with Yankees." "You've taken plenty of lures to the president - after your last visit to Lapland." "Is he involved in this too?" "He's not innocent but he's not stupid." " And Bodom." "Why is Asman not arrested?" "He was there on that night." "That man is in this file for the time being." "DREAMS AND SUCH" "My wife, how is she involved in this?" "We have heard from the General Headquarters - that Colonel Hallanheimo has shot himself." "Get dressed." "Where have you been?" " Arranging my father's funeral." "Your parents have risen from the dead but as a price - my father has died." "I love you." "How wonderful to know my unborn child has a loving father." "Put me through to the Soviet Embassy." "Mr. Hans, you're an amateur." "Information exhanges are not done over the phone." "I have a film." "It's been in a waterproof capsule." "The man drowned, the capsule didn't." "The proof the conspiracy between Finns and Yankees." "The Central Railway Station" "The bitch." "Is innocent." "You were followed." "Basic police work." "No crime." "I'm innocent." "We found two bodies on a field behind your house." "Frogmen." "Swam from somewhere!" "The bitch is not innocent after all." " The Soviet Union or the U.S.A.?" "The Russians." "Scheisse." "The Soviet Embassy" "Stop." "I'll take you to the hospital." "The greatest achievement of medicine is ..." "Enbalming." "Death doesn't concern us." "For as long as we exist, there is no death - and when death arrives, we are no longer." "The murder at Lake Bodom, who did it?" "Dear guests, the members of the Council of State, - even if the rest of the world became communist " "I believe Finland will remain a Western democracy, - between the East and the West." "Wouldn't it be best not to disturb the balance in the Nordic countries?" "Don't waste my time." "What do you want?" "I want to try surfing in California." "You have a visitor." "Vieno Asman." "The Embassy of The United States of America" "Shoot at the Lake Bodom." "I swapped it." "In the night of the Pentecost." "For the art-shots taken by Hans of that whore." "Why?" "I am Finnish." "The target of Soviet Union, in Finland - is to destroy all resistance to the Soviet Union, - and to destroy Finland from within." "The deadline is not fixed yet." "Political action is the priority." "The Soviet Union operates using persons who are under its control." "These include people of high positions, influencial agents, - who are under Soviet control for various reasons - but Soviet subordinates." "Some are not even aware of being used." "I hate unhappy endings." "The murderer of Lake Bodom was never found..." "English texts:" "Rosa Aaltonen"