Eight Deadly Shots (1972)

09/15/1972 (FI) • 2h 25m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Vaimo - Pasi's Wife

Tauno Paananen

Tauno, "Tanu"

Elina Liimatainen

Elina, "Ellu"

Sulo Hokkanen

Sulo Kokki

Ilmari Piilonen

Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper


Recommendations

Road to Utopia

66%

Love, Simon

80%

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

84%

2001: A Space Odyssey

81%

Me Before You

79%

Pulp Fiction

85%

Split

73%

Kingsman: The Secret Service

76%

Don't Breathe

70%

Yesterday

67%

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

73%

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

76%

The Witch

70%

Iron Man

77%

Hacksaw Ridge

82%

Shutter Island

82%

Interstellar

85%

Mad Max

67%

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

67%

Snowpiercer

69%

Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on true story

alcoholism

murder

miniseries

poverty

unemployment

moonshine

finland

1960s

rural life

police murders

© All Rights Reserved 2025