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The Manila Rope
directed by Veli-Matti Saikkonen
19761h 15m★ 4.8
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Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of classic one-liners, but it is still not based on cheap laughs or anything like that. The whole humouristic aspect of it comes from describing the absurdity of war, and the whole military system, by looking it with the eyes of a simple man, who's thrown into it, and who simply does not give a rats ass of it all. The tone of it is not overly preachy or moralizing. If I would have to describe it with one word, it would be: unglamourizing. The main point of Manillaköysi is pretty much compressed in one of the most famous quotes of it: There is nothing supernatural about war, it is just work like anything else.
cast
E
Erkki Pajala
Joose Keppilä
Vesa Mäkelä
Fiksu
Martti Kuningas
Iso
E
Esko Hukkanen
Vääpeli
Hannu Kahakorpi
Seonnut alikersantti
I
Iris-Lilja Lassila
Sylvia
Y
Yrjö Parjanne
Eversti
H
Harri Tirkkonen
Lääkäri
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Director
Veli-Matti Saikkonen
Language
FI
