The Manila Rope

The Manila Rope (1976)


  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Release Date: 1976-09-28
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 15min
  • Language: suomi
  • Production Company: YLE
  • Production Country: Finland
  • Director: Veli-Matti Saikkonen
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Summary

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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  • Erkki Pajala

    as Joose Keppilä
  • Vesa Mäkelä

    as Fiksu
  • Martti Kuningas

    as Iso
  • Esko Hukkanen

    as Vääpeli
  • Hannu Kahakorpi

    as Seonnut alikersantti
  • Iris-Lilja Lassila

    as Sylvia
  • Yrjö Parjanne

    as Eversti
  • Harri Tirkkonen

    as Lääkäri
  • Leila Itkonen

    as Elviira
  • Heikki Nousiainen

    as Korpraali
  • Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

    as Sotapoliisi
  • Mikko Nousiainen

    as Keittiömies
  • Kari Franck

    as Hullu katolla
  • Henri Kapulainen

    as Soittajan kaveri
  • Asko Sarkola

    as Sotapoliisi
  • Martti Kainulainen

    as Asemamies
  • Matti Tapio

    as Saksalainen vääpeli
Directing Veli-Matti Saikkonen Director
Writing Veijo Meri Writer
Sound Heikki Valpola Music
Crew Osmo Savolainen Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Anneli Wirtavuori Costume Design
Editing Risto Salo Editor
Writing Veli-Matti Saikkonen Writer
Art Georg Sikow Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Eila Vaittinen Makeup Designer
Crew Raimo Hartzell Cinematography
Sound Lasse Litovaara Sound Recordist
Sound Toivo Vilkkula Sound Recordist