Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
Original Title: Kahdeksan surmanluotia
Drama
7.7 (20 votes)
2h 25m
Overview
Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the poverty, gets into trouble with both police and tax officials while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a true story.
Details
- Director
- Mikko Niskanen
- Writer
- Mikko Niskanen
- Original Language
- Finnish
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Ari Vainiontaus
Elina Liimatainen
Ilmari Piilonen
Kaarlo Wilska
Kalle Kellokangas
Mauno Argillander
Mikko Niskanen
Olavi Tervahartiala
Paavo Pentikäinen
Sulo Hokkanen
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Tauno Paananen
Yrjö Liehunen
Keywords
1960s
alcoholism
based on true story
finland
miniseries
moonshine
murder
police murders
poverty
rural life
unemployment
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