Summaries

Inspired by the true events of Finland's banking crisis in the early 1990s. The story follows the young idealist economist Salla Nurminen (Amanda Pilke) from the Bank Inspectorate, who vows to fight corrupt bankers.

The drama is inspired by the true events of Finland's banking crisis of the late 1980s-early 1990s, which had long-lasting effects on the country. The story combines fictitious characters with real people, such as financier Christopher Wegelius (now in his 90s) who was then involved in the collapse of Skopbank, but finally cleared by the Finnish Supreme Court in 2000. The story follows the young idealist economist Salla Nurminen (Amanda Pilke) from the Bank Inspectorate, who vows to fight corrupt bankers. She becomes supervisor of the central savings bank SKOP, run by the charismatic CEO Christopher Wegelius (Pekka Strang). SKOP is where young invincible lions can build fortunes, by speculating through a 'strike and cash in' approach. Soon Salla enters a cat and mouse game with Wegelius.—Annika Pham

The Invincibles, based on true events, is a journey from the late 80's casino game to the deepest depression in Finnish economy. The series asks what is the benchmark of trust - to follow one's heart and conscience, even if the price is to give up everything one considers important? Young idealistic economist Salla Nurminen finds a job at the Bank Inspectorate and decides to sink the greedy central savings bank organization SKOP. She soon realizes that her assumptions are wrong and as she gets to know SKOP's charismatic CEO Wegelius, she identifies with the small bank's foolhardy fight against big and unscrupulous commercial banks. When she gets to the big tables and decisions affecting all of Finland, Salla's own ambition takes over and she finds herself in a professional and personal dead end and no longer knows who to trust.—Aurora Studios

Details

Keywords
  • corruption
  • bank
  • 1980s
  • year 1989
  • economy
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Mar 11, 2023
Countries of origin Finland
Language Finnish
Production companies Moskito Television Finnish Impact Film Fund Aurora Studios

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Tech specs

Runtime 45m
Color Color
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