The Manila Rope (1976)
Synopsis
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
- Erkki Pajala as Joose Keppilä
-
Vesa Mäkelä
as Fiksu
-
Martti Kuningas
as Iso
- Esko Hukkanen as Vääpeli
-
Hannu Kahakorpi
as Seonnut alikersantti
- Iris-Lilja Lassila as Sylvia
- Yrjö Parjanne as Eversti
- Harri Tirkkonen as Lääkäri
- Leila Itkonen as Elviira
-
Heikki Nousiainen
as Korpraali
-
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
as Sotapoliisi
- Mikko Nousiainen as Keittiömies
- Kari Franck as Hullu katolla
- Henri Kapulainen as Soittajan kaveri
-
Asko Sarkola
as Sotapoliisi
-
Martti Kainulainen
as Asemamies
- Matti Tapio as Saksalainen vääpeli
Crew
- Veli-Matti Saikkonen Director
- Risto Salo Editor
-
Veijo Meri
Writer
- Veli-Matti Saikkonen Writer
