Priest of Evil

Movie
German title	Priest of Evil
Original title	Harjunpää ja pahan pappi
Country of production	Finland
original language	Finnish
Publishing year	2010
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Olli Saarela
script	Leo Viirret
production	Ilkka Matila
music	Tomi Malm Jyrki Rahkonen
camera	Rauno Ronkainen
cut	Benjamin Mercer
occupation
Peter Franzén : Timo Harjunpää Irina Björklund : Elisa Harjunpää Rosa Salomaa : Paulina Harjunpää Saga Sarkola : Emmi Harjunpää Tommi Korpela : Kengu Ville Virtanen : Inspector Mäki Jorma Tommila : Matias Krankke Jenni Banerjee : Onerva Nykänen Sampo Sarkola : John Heino Maria Järvenhelmi : Cessi Rauno Juvonen : Guardian Reino Nordin : Skinhead Inka Kallén : Jaana Yasin Niilo Syväoja : Matti

Priest of Evil is a Finnish thriller from 2010. The fictional film is based on the novel Harjunpää ja pahan pappi by Finnish writer Matti Yrjänä Joensuu .

action

Police officer Timo Harjunpää loses his daughter Emmi because he is on a mission and cannot pick her up in time after a concert. Emmi is brutally raped and murdered. Two years later, Timo is still suffering from the loss. He tries to take better care of his other daughter Paulina, but his relationship with his wife Elisa is so strained that he finally moves out.

While Timo is struggling with his private fate, an unknown perpetrator murders two people at a subway station by pushing them in front of the incoming trains. He follows the trail of a suspect in the hooded sweater. However, he cannot concentrate on this case alone because his daughter's killer is released from prison. During the investigation, it turns out that the underground killer is acting for religious reasons and sees himself as a savior who punishes violent people.

Finally, after a Bible study , he kidnaps Timo's wife. In his house he shows Elisa photos of his brutal father and the Harjunpää family. He tells her that he once fled from his father and was almost run over by a train. In the basement he raped Elisa. He then shoots a policeman and threatens to burn Elisa. Timo and his colleague arrive just in time to stop the murderer.

Web links

• Priest of Evil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Priest of Evil in the online movie database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Priest of Evil . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2012 (PDF; test number: 134 207 V).