Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
Kahdeksan surmanluotia
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.
- Date of release
- 1972-09-15
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mikko Niskanen
Casting
- Mikko Niskanen — Pasi
- Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala — Vaimo - Pasi's Wife
- Paavo Pentikäinen — Reiska
- Tauno Paananen — Tauno, "Tanu"
- Elina Liimatainen — Elina, "Ellu"
- Ari Vainiontaus — Ari
- Mauno Argillander — Manu
- Sulo Hokkanen — Sulo Kokki
- Ilmari Piilonen — Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper
- Yrjö Liehunen — Kauppias - Shopkeeper
- Kalle Kellokangas — Kalle
- Olavi Tervahartiala — Taisto Kokki
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