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Flame Top

10/17/1980

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2hrs 35min

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Drama

STORY

This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Asko Sarkola
  • Rea Mauranen
  • Kari Franck
  • Ari Suonsuu
  • Ritva Juhanto

    Directors

  • Pirjo Honkasalo
  • Pekka Lehto
  • Claes Olsson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • P-Kino

    Production Countries

  • Finland

LANGUAGES

  • Finnish

Cast

Asko Sarkola

Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala

Rea Mauranen

Olga Esempio

Kari Franck

Gunnar Avanto

Ari Suonsuu

Kalle

Ritva Juhanto

Kurttuska

Esko Salminen

Arwid

Tuomo Railo

Sulo Esempio

Yuri Rodionov

Rawitz

Galina Galtseva

Magda

Soli Labbart

Maria Lassila

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