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Eight Deadly Shots

Eight Deadly Shots

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 15, 1972

Runtime

2h 25m

Genres

Drama

User Score

78%

Original Title

Kahdeksan surmanluotia

Production Companies

YLE, Käpy-Filmi

Director

Mikko Niskanen

Description

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.