Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
September 15, 1972
Drama
2h 25m
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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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Mikko Niskanen
- Pasi Mikko Niskanen
- Reiska Paavo Pentikäinen
- Saarnaaja - Preacher Kaarlo Wilska
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Keywords
- based on true story
- alcoholism
- murder
- miniseries
- poverty
- unemployment
- moonshine
- finland
- 1960s
- rural life
- police murders