The Manila Rope (1976)
1h 15m
Running Time
September 28, 1976Release Date
The Manila Rope (1976)
1h 15m
Running Time
September 28, 1976Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of classic one-liners, but it is still not based on cheap laughs or anything like that. The whole humouristic aspect of it comes from describing the absurdity of war, and the whole military system, by looking it with the eyes of a simple man, who's thrown into it, and who simply does not give a rats ass of it all. The tone of it is not overly preachy or moralizing. If I would have to describe it with one word, it would be: unglamourizing. The main point of Manillaköysi is pretty much compressed in one of the most famous quotes of it: There is nothing supernatural about war, it is just work like anything else.
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Cast & Crew.
Erkki Pajala
Joose Keppilä
Vesa Mäkelä
Fiksu Jokinen
Esko Hukkanen
Vääpeli
Martti Kuningas
Iso
Hannu Kahakorpi
Seonnut alikersantti
Iris-Lilja Lassila
Sylvia
Veli-Matti Saikkonen
Director
Veijo Meri
Writer
Yrjö Parjanne
Eversti
Heikki Valpola
Composer
Harri Tirkkonen
Lääkäri
Raimo Hartzell
Cinematographer
Leila Itkonen
Elviira
Heikki Nousiainen
Korpraali
Risto Salo
Editor
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Sotapoliisi
Georg Sikow
ProductionDesigner
Mikko Nousiainen
Keittiömies
Kari Franck
Hullu katolla
Henri Kapulainen
Soittajan kaveri
Asko Sarkola
Sotapoliisi
Martti Kainulainen
Asemamies
Matti Tapio
Saksalainen vääpeli
Osmo Savolainen
Special Effects
Lasse Litovaara
Sound Recordist
Toivo Vilkkula
Sound Recordist
Anneli Wirtavuori
Costume Design
Eila Vaittinen
Makeup Designer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 28, 1976
Original NameManillaköysi
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Genres
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