The Manila Rope
19761h 15m5.4
War, Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genre
- War
- Origin
- Finland
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Veli-Matti Saikkonen
- Writing
- Veli-Matti Saikkonen, Veijo Meri
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Sep 28, 1976
- Studio
- YLE
Cast
Erkki Pajala
Joose Keppilä
Vesa Mäkelä
Fiksu
Martti Kuningas
Iso
Esko Hukkanen
Vääpeli
Hannu Kahakorpi
Seonnut alikersantti
Iris-Lilja Lassila
Sylvia
Yrjö Parjanne
Eversti
Harri Tirkkonen
Lääkäri
Leila Itkonen
Elviira
Heikki Nousiainen
Korpraali
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Sotapoliisi
Mikko Nousiainen
Keittiömies
Kari Franck
Hullu katolla
Henri Kapulainen
Soittajan kaveri
Asko Sarkola
Sotapoliisi
Martti Kainulainen
Asemamies
Matti Tapio
Saksalainen vääpeli
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