The Manila Rope

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

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Erkki Pajala

Joose Keppilä

Vesa Mäkelä

Fiksu

Martti Kuningas

Iso

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Esko Hukkanen

Vääpeli

Hannu Kahakorpi

Seonnut alikersantti

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Iris-Lilja Lassila

Sylvia

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Yrjö Parjanne

Eversti

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Harri Tirkkonen

Lääkäri

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Leila Itkonen

Elviira

Heikki Nousiainen

Korpraali

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Sotapoliisi

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Mikko Nousiainen

Keittiömies

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Kari Franck

Hullu katolla

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Henri Kapulainen

Soittajan kaveri

Asko Sarkola

Sotapoliisi

Martti Kainulainen

Asemamies

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Matti Tapio

Saksalainen vääpeli

Crew

Art

• Georg Sikow Production Design

Costume & Make-Up

• Anneli Wirtavuori Costume Design
• Eila Vaittinen Makeup Designer

Crew

• Osmo Savolainen Special Effects
• Raimo Hartzell Cinematography

Directing

• Veli-Matti Saikkonen Director

Editing

• Risto Salo Editor

Sound

• Heikki Valpola Music
• Lasse Litovaara Sound Recordist
• Toivo Vilkkula Sound Recordist

Writing

• Veijo Meri Writer
• Veli-Matti Saikkonen Writer