Eight Deadly Shots
1972 • Drama
7.8 (16)
Mikko Niskanen
Writer
Mikko Niskanen
Director
Status
Released
Release date
September 15, 1972
Duration
145 Min
Language
fi
Popularity
2.567
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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
Mikko Niskanen
Paavo Pentikäinen
Kaarlo Wilska