Flame Top (1980)
2h 35m
Running Time
October 17, 1980Release Date
Plot.
This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
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Cast & Crew.

Asko Sarkola
Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala

Rea Mauranen
Olga Esempio

Kari Franck
Gunnar Avanto

Ari Suonsuu
Kalle

Ritva Juhanto
Kurttuska

Esko Salminen
Arwid

Heikki Alho
Pikku-Pouvali

Tuomo Railo
Sulo Esempio

Yuri Rodionov
Rawitz

Galina Galtseva
Magda

Soli Labbart
Maria Lassila

Pirkka Karskela
Young Algot

Markku Blomqvist
Lundberg

Esa Suvilehto
Pöntinen

Matti Oravisto
Commandant Carl von Wendt

Gunvor Sandkvist
Anna Belostotskaja

Pentti Kotkaniemi
Russian Army Captain

Aleksandr Zakharov
Von Plehwe

Vadim Mikheyenko
Terrorist

Antero Harpf
Rebel officer

German Lupekin
General Porunov

Esko Pesonen
Chief editor

Arno Virtanen
Circus manager

Vitali Iljin-Shapiro
Terrorist

Jan Kulik
Terrorist

Toivo Tuomainen
Oskari Skoff

Elvi Saarnio
Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)

Yrjö Tähtelä
Narrator (voice)

Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
(voice)

Mauno Blomqvist
Ploughman (uncredited)

Mauri Front
News photographer (uncredited)

Pentti Louko
Orthodox priest (uncredited)

Esko Salmesvirta
Algot's father (uncredited)

Rauha Wolska
Restaurant hostess (uncredited)

Paul Jyrälä
Production Sound Mixer

Pirjo Honkasalo
Director / Screenplay

Pekka Lehto
Director

Pentti Valkeasuo
Production Design

A. Ksenofontova
Production Design

Reijo Puttonen
Production Design

Heikki Valpola
Original Music Composer

Pekka Sirén
Sound Effects

Inkeri Terävä
Makeup Artist

Jaakko Talaskivi
Unit Production Manager / Assistant Director

Daniel Katz
Writer

Kari Sohlberg
Director of Photography

Claes Olsson
Producer

Lars Klettner
Sound Mixer

Irma Taina
Editor

Sven Fahlén
Sound Mixer

Maiju Lassila
Novel

Kristiina Valkeasuo
Makeup Designer

Olli Soinio
Sound Effects

Antero Honkanen
Sound Effects

Päivi Tiura
Costume Design
Media.

Details.
Release DateOctober 17, 1980
Original NameTulipää
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 35m
Genres
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Wiki.
Flame Top (Finnish: Tulipää) is a 1980 Finnish drama film directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The film depicts the life of the writer Algot Untola. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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