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 peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual 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 inhibitions. 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.
Pekka Strang
as Touko Laaksonen / Tom of Finland
Lauri Tilkanen
as Veli
Jessica Grabowsky
as Kaija
Taisto Oksanen
as Alijoki
Seumas F. Sargent
as Doug
Jakob Oftebro
as Jack
Niklas Hogner
as Kake
Chris Myland
as Security Person
Alf Myreen
as AD Artist
Fabian Puregger
as Tom's Dream Cop
Roope Karisto
as Young Man
Emanuel Claesson
as Man in Doorway
