First of all, You have to give points for pulling off using humouristic elements as brilliantly as this, to describe something as dreadful as war. There aren’t many movies that have achieved that without feeling constrained, or more or less morally repulsive. Kubrick and Coppola were masters of that section, and Veli-Matti Saikkonen doesn’t come far behind with his interpretation of Veijo Meri’s classic novel.
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Erkki Pajala
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Veli-Matti Saikkonen – Manillaköysi AKA The Manila Rope (1976)
1971-1980ComedyFinlandVeli-Matti SaikkonenWar -
Risto Jarva – Kun taivas putoaa… AKA When The Heavens Fall… (1972)
1971-1980DramaFinlandRisto JarvaSynopsis
A psyhiotherapist’s life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine. Read More »