Eight Deadly Shots

2h 25min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

YLE

Käpy-Filmi

Cast

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Vaimo - Pasi's Wife
Tauno Paananen

Tauno Paananen

Tauno, "Tanu"
Elina Liimatainen

Elina Liimatainen

Elina, "Ellu"
Sulo Hokkanen

Sulo Hokkanen

Sulo Kokki
Ilmari Piilonen

Ilmari Piilonen

Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper
Yrjö Liehunen

Yrjö Liehunen

Kauppias - Shopkeeper
Kaarlo Wilska

Kaarlo Wilska

Saarnaaja - Preacher

Release date

15th Sep 1972

Status

Released

Spoken languages

suomi