Flame Top

Flame Top

1980
2h 35m
4.8

4.8/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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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Language: FI

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Production Information

Production Companies
P-Kino
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Keywords

woman director

Quick Facts

Original Title Tulipää
Release Date October 17, 1980
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0083237

Cast

Asko Sarkola
Asko Sarkola

Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala

Rea Mauranen
Rea Mauranen

Olga Esempio

Kari Franck
Kari Franck

Gunnar Avanto

Ari Suonsuu
Ari Suonsuu

Kalle

Ritva Juhanto
Ritva Juhanto

Kurttuska

Esko Salminen
Esko Salminen

Arwid

Heikki Alho
Heikki Alho

Pikku-Pouvali

Tuomo Railo
Tuomo Railo

Sulo Esempio

Yuri Rodionov
Yuri Rodionov

Rawitz

Galina Galtseva
Galina Galtseva

Magda

Soli Labbart
Soli Labbart

Maria Lassila

Pirkka Karskela
Pirkka Karskela

Young Algot

Key Crew

Pirjo Honkasalo
Director
Pekka Lehto
Director
Pirjo Honkasalo
Screenplay
Claes Olsson
Producer