Eight Deadly Shots (1972)

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.

Release Date : Sep 15, 1972

Runtime : 2h 25m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : YLE, Käpy-Filmi

Countries : Finland

Keywords : based on true story, alcoholism, murder, miniseries, poverty, unemployment, moonshine, finland, 1960s, rural life, police murders