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

Eight Deadly Shots (1972)

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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
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    Pasi Mikko Niskanen
  • Profile picture of Paavo Pentikäinen
    Reiska Paavo Pentikäinen
  • Profile picture of Kaarlo Wilska
    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