Eight Deadly Shots 1972
7.80/10 by 16 users
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.
- Title: Eight Deadly Shots
- Year: 1972
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Finland
- Studio: YLE, Käpy-Filmi
- Director: Mikko Niskanen
- Cast: Mikko Niskanen, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Paavo Pentikäinen, Tauno Paananen, Elina Liimatainen, Ari Vainiontaus
- Crew: Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala (Wardrobe Coordinator), Mikko Niskanen (Writer), Jörn Donner (Editor), Mikko Niskanen (Director of Photography), Kai Honkanen (Still Photographer), Mikko Niskanen (Director)
- Keyword: based on true story, alcoholism, murder, miniseries, poverty, unemployment, moonshine, finland, 1960s, rural life, police murders
- Release: Sep 15, 1972
- Runtime: 145 minutes
- IMDb: 7.80 / 10 by 16 users
- Popularity: 3
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: suomi
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