Eight Deadly Shots (1972)

2h 25m
Running Time

September 15, 1972
Release Date

Eight Deadly Shots (1972)

2h 25m
Running Time

September 15, 1972
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Vaimo - Pasi's Wife

Mikko Niskanen

Mikko Niskanen

Pasi

Paavo Pentikäinen

Paavo Pentikäinen

Reiska

Tauno Paananen

Tauno Paananen

Tanu

Elina Liimatainen

Elina Liimatainen

Ellu

Ari Vainiontaus

Ari Vainiontaus

Ari

Mauno Argillander

Mauno Argillander

Manu

Sulo Hokkanen

Sulo Hokkanen

Sulo Kokki

Ilmari Piilonen

Ilmari Piilonen

Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper

Kalle Kellokangas

Kalle Kellokangas

Kalle

Yrjö Liehunen

Yrjö Liehunen

Kauppias - Shopkeeper

Olavi Tervahartiala

Olavi Tervahartiala

Taisto Kokki

Kaarlo Wilska

Kaarlo Wilska

Saarnaaja - Preacher / Location Manager

Jörn Donner

Jörn Donner

Editor

Kai Honkanen

Kai Honkanen

Still Photographer

Helinä Tevi-Pekkanen

Helinä Tevi-Pekkanen

Script Supervisor

Erkki Ertama

Erkki Ertama

Original Music Composer

Veijo Lehti

Veijo Lehti

Production Sound Mixer

Juhani Voutilainen

Juhani Voutilainen

Director of Photography

Juhani Sarro

Juhani Sarro

Director of Photography

Kimmo Simula

Kimmo Simula

Director of Photography

Seppo Immonen

Seppo Immonen

Director of Photography

Jyrki Rapp

Jyrki Rapp

Editor

Jorma Lindfors

Jorma Lindfors

Production Design

Pirkko Ahvio

Pirkko Ahvio

Costume Design

Details.

Release Date
September 15, 1972

Original Name
Kahdeksan surmanluotia

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 25m

Filming Locations
Liimattala · Sumiainen, Finland

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

miniseries
finland
alcoholism
police murders
based on a true story
murder
poverty
unemployment
moonshine
1960s
rural life

Wiki.

Eight Deadly Shots (also known as Eight Fatal Shots; Finnish: Kahdeksan surmanluotia) is a Finnish drama film directed, written, produced by and starring Mikko Niskanen. Originally released as a four-part, five-hour miniseries in spring 1972, it was edited into a 145-minute movie by Jörn Donner. The film has generally been called Niskanen's "magnum opus".

The film was inspired by a 7 March 1969 mass shooting incident in Pihtipudas, Finland, in which a smallholder shot and killed four armed policemen who had come to calm him down after he drove his family out of the house in a drunken rage. The film focuses on depicting a fictionalised chain of events leading up to the killings, as imagined by director Niskanen, who personally knew the region where the events took place. The names of the characters were changed.

The production of the film experienced many setbacks. The mass shooting incident was still fresh in the memory and many strongly condemned the film project. In connection with the making of the film, there was almost a life-threatening situation when a bullet almost hit the cinematographer during a gun shooting scene. Both professional and amateur actors were used. Issues with the schedule and budget led executives at Yleisradio to seriously consider calling off the production, but this was averted.

In 2018, the film was selected as part of Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project with the aim of reaching international distribution as a restored 35 mm screening copy and a digital 4K copy.

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