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Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto

Flame Top (Tulipää)

Director Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto Composer Heikki Valpola Cast Asko Sarkola, Rea Mauranen, Kari Franck
Edition 1982
155' - 1980 - Drama, Biography - Dialogue: Finnish
The life of early 20th century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala and under several more pseudonyms), one of the most enigmatic figures in Finnish literature. Different time levels are mixed in the film to give it an equally enigmatic structure. Untola lives periods of his life in the Finnish countryside as a teacher, then in St. Petersburg as a businessman, becomes a Socialist, and dies during the Finnish Civil War in 1918.

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Credits

Directors

Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto

Composers

Heikki Valpola

Cast

Asko Sarkola, Rea Mauranen, Kari Franck

Scenario

Pirjo Honkasalo, Daniel Katz

Director of Photography

Kari Sohlberg

Editors

Irma Taina

Producers

Claes Olsson

More info

Dialogue

Finnish

Countries of production

Finland

Screenplay based on

"Harhama, 1909" (Maiju Lassila)

Year

1980