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Eight Deadly Shots

7.7 145 mins Drama   1972
YLE   Käpy-Filmi  
Director(s): Mikko Niskanen

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.

Casts of Eight Deadly Shots

Mikko Niskanen

as Pasi

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

as Vaimo - Pasi's Wife

Tauno Paananen

as Tauno, "Tanu"

Elina Liimatainen

as Elina, "Ellu"

Sulo Hokkanen

as Sulo Kokki

Ilmari Piilonen

as Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper

Yrjö Liehunen

as Kauppias - Shopkeeper

Olavi Tervahartiala

as Taisto Kokki

Kaarlo Wilska

as Saarnaaja - Preacher

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