The Manila Rope

The Manila Rope

1976
1h 15m
4.8

4.8/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
War Drama
Overview

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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Language: FI

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Production Information

Production Companies
YLE
Production Countries
Finland
Spoken Languages
Finnish

Quick Facts

Original Title Manillaköysi
Release Date September 28, 1976
Status Released
Language FI
IMDb ID tt0470068

Cast

Erkki Pajala
Erkki Pajala

Joose Keppilä

Vesa Mäkelä
Vesa Mäkelä

Fiksu

Martti Kuningas
Martti Kuningas

Iso

Esko Hukkanen
Esko Hukkanen

Vääpeli

Hannu Kahakorpi
Hannu Kahakorpi

Seonnut alikersantti

Iris-Lilja Lassila
Iris-Lilja Lassila

Sylvia

Yrjö Parjanne
Yrjö Parjanne

Eversti

Harri Tirkkonen
Harri Tirkkonen

Lääkäri

Leila Itkonen
Leila Itkonen

Elviira

Heikki Nousiainen
Heikki Nousiainen

Korpraali

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Sotapoliisi

Mikko Nousiainen
Mikko Nousiainen

Keittiömies

Key Crew

Veli-Matti Saikkonen
Director
Veijo Meri
Writer
Veli-Matti Saikkonen
Writer