Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
September 15, 1972Release Date
Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
September 15, 1972Release Date
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Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Currently Eight Deadly Shots is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
![Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/235467-tarja-tuulikki-tarsala.webp)
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Vaimo - Pasi's Wife
![Mikko Niskanen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/76293-mikko-niskanen.webp)
Mikko Niskanen
Pasi
![Paavo Pentikäinen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/311375-paavo-pentikainen.webp)
Paavo Pentikäinen
Reiska
![Tauno Paananen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tauno Paananen
Tanu
![Elina Liimatainen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elina Liimatainen
Ellu
![Ari Vainiontaus](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ari Vainiontaus
Ari
![Mauno Argillander](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mauno Argillander
Manu
![Sulo Hokkanen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sulo Hokkanen
Sulo Kokki
![Ilmari Piilonen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ilmari Piilonen
Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper
![Kalle Kellokangas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kalle Kellokangas
Kalle
![Yrjö Liehunen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yrjö Liehunen
Kauppias - Shopkeeper
![Olavi Tervahartiala](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Olavi Tervahartiala
Taisto Kokki
![Kaarlo Wilska](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/269256-kaarlo-wilska.webp)
Kaarlo Wilska
Saarnaaja - Preacher / Location Manager
![Jörn Donner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/76302-jorn-donner.webp)
Jörn Donner
Editor
![Kai Honkanen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kai Honkanen
Still Photographer
![Helinä Tevi-Pekkanen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Helinä Tevi-Pekkanen
Script Supervisor
![Erkki Ertama](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Erkki Ertama
Original Music Composer
![Veijo Lehti](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Veijo Lehti
Production Sound Mixer
![Juhani Voutilainen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Juhani Voutilainen
Director of Photography
![Juhani Sarro](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Juhani Sarro
Director of Photography
![Kimmo Simula](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kimmo Simula
Director of Photography
![Seppo Immonen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Seppo Immonen
Director of Photography
![Jyrki Rapp](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jyrki Rapp
Editor
![Jorma Lindfors](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jorma Lindfors
Production Design
![Pirkko Ahvio](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pirkko Ahvio
Costume Design
Media.
![Eight Deadly Shots](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/153923-eight-deadly-shots.webp)
Details.
Release DateSeptember 15, 1972
Original NameKahdeksan surmanluotia
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Filming LocationsLiimattala · Sumiainen, Finland
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
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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