Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
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.
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Mikko Niskanen
as Pasi
Mikko Niskanen was a Finnish film director and actor. He was born in Äänekoski, Central Finland in 1929. He was the third of six children, and his father worked as a timber barge pilot.
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
as Vaimo - Pasi's Wife
Paavo Pentikäinen
as Reiska
Kaarlo Wilska
as Saarnaaja - Preacher
Director
Mikko Niskanen
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