Eight Deadly Shots

Eight Deadly Shots 1972 Directed by Mikko Niskanen Kahdeksan surmanluotia

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.

Country Finland

Production Country Finland

Language Finnish

Spoken Language Finnish

Gnere Drama

Production Companies YLE , Käpy-Filmi

Release Date 15 September 1972

145 mins