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Flame Top
Release Date: October 17, 1980
| Year | : | 1980 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Production Companies | : | P-Kino Oy |
| Director | : | Pekka Lehto, Pirjo Honkasalo |
| Producers | : | Jaakko Talaskivi, Claes Olsson |
| Writers | : | Pekka Lehto, Pirjo Honkasalo, Daniel Katz, Maiju Lassila |
| RunTime | : | 155 mins. |
This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
Main Actors
Asko Sarkola
Character : Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
Rea Mauranen
Character : Olga Esempio
Kari Franck
Character : Gunnar Avanto
Ari Suonsuu
Character : Kalle
Ritva Juhanto
Character : Kurttuska
Esko Salminen
Character : Arwid
Heikki Alho
Character : Pikku-Pouvali
Tuomo Railo
Character : Sulo Esempio
Yuri Rodionov
Character : Rawitz
Galina Galtseva
Character : Magda
Soli Labbart
Character : Maria Lassila
Pirkka Karskela
Character : Young Algot
Markku Blomqvist
Character : Lundberg
Esa Suvilehto
Character : Pöntinen
Matti Oravisto
Character : Commandant Carl von Wendt
Gunvor Sandkvist
Character : Anna Belostotskaja
Pentti Kotkaniemi
Character : Russian Army Captain
Aleksandr Zakharov
Character : Von Plehwe
Vadim Mikheyenko
Character : Terrorist
Antero Harpf
Character : Rebel officer
German Lupekin
Character : General Porunov
Esko Pesonen
Character : Chief editor
Arno Virtanen
Character : Circus manager
Vitali Iljin-Shapiro
Character : Terrorist
Jan Kulik
Character : Terrorist
Toivo Tuomainen
Character : Oskari Skoff
Elvi Saarnio
Character : Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)
Yrjö Tähtelä
Character : Narrator (voice)
Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
Character : (voice)
Mauno Blomqvist
Character : Ploughman (uncredited)
Mauri Front
Character : News photographer (uncredited)
Pentti Louko
Character : Orthodox priest (uncredited)
Esko Salmesvirta
Character : Algot's father (uncredited)
Rauha Wolska
Character : Restaurant hostess (uncredited)
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