Flame Top 1980
Flame Top
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.
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.
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Full Cast & Crew... Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
... Olga Esempio
... Gunnar Avanto
AS
Ari Suonsuu... Kalle
... Kurttuska
... Arwid
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Release Date:
Oct 17, 1980 (Finland)
Run Time:
2hr 35`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Finnish
Production Countries:
Finland
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Flame Top - Flame Top
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
... Olga Esempio
... Gunnar Avanto
AS
Ari Suonsuu... Kalle
... Kurttuska
... Arwid
... Pikku-Pouvali
TR
Tuomo Railo... Sulo Esempio
... Rawitz
... Magda
... Maria Lassila
... Young Algot
... Lundberg
... Pöntinen
... Commandant Carl von Wendt
... Anna Belostotskaja
... Russian Army Captain
... Von Plehwe
... Terrorist
AH
Antero Harpf... Rebel officer
Produced By
... Unit Production Manager
CO
Claes Olsson... Producer