The Manila Rope 1976
6.8 / 10
The Manila Rope
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.
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.
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... Joose Keppilä
... Fiksu
... Iso
... Vääpeli
... Seonnut alikersantti
... Sylvia
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Release Date:
Sep 28, 1976 (Finland)
Run Time:
1hr 15`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Finnish
Production Countries:
Finland
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
The Manila Rope - The Manila Rope
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Joose Keppilä
... Fiksu
... Iso
... Vääpeli
... Seonnut alikersantti
... Sylvia
... Eversti
... Lääkäri
... Elviira
... Korpraali
... Sotapoliisi
... Keittiömies
... Hullu katolla
... Soittajan kaveri
... Sotapoliisi
... Asemamies
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Matti Tapio... Saksalainen vääpeli
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