TMDb Rating
7.7/10
19 verified votes
Eight Deadly Shots (1972)
Drama
145 min
Plot Summary
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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DramaMikko NiskanenMikko NiskanenTarja-Tuulikki Tarsala1972
Director
Mikko Niskanen
Top Cast
Mikko NiskanenTarja-Tuulikki TarsalaPaavo PentikäinenTauno PaananenElina Liimatainen
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