Eight Deadly Shots
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- Drama
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.
Keywords
- 1960s
- based on true story
- murder
- alcoholism
- poverty
- rural life
- finland
- moonshine
- unemployment
- miniseries
- police murders
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 15, 1972
- Original language
- Finnish
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- YLE,Käpy-Filmi
- Cast
- Sulo Hokkanen,Paavo Pentikäinen,Mauno Argillander,Kalle Kellokangas,Olavi Tervahartiala,Ari Vainiontaus,Ilmari Piilonen,Mikko Niskanen,Yrjö Liehunen,Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsalaand 3 more
- Director
- Mikko Niskanen
- Writer
- Mikko Niskanen
- Producer
- Mikko Niskanen
- Cinematography
- Juhani Voutilainen,Seppo Immonen,Kimmo Simula,Mikko Niskanen,Juhani Sarro
- Music
- Erkki Ertama
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0137863