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The Manila Rope

The Manila Rope

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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.
🌏 Languages Available: Finnish
📆 Date Released: 1976-09-28
⌚ Running Time: 75 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.2

Beloved Cast

Erkki Pajala original image
Joose Keppilä
Erkki Pajala
Vesa Mäkelä original image
Fiksu
Vesa Mäkelä
Martti Kuningas original image
Iso
Martti Kuningas
Esko Hukkanen original image
Vääpeli
Esko Hukkanen
Hannu Kahakorpi original image
Seonnut alikersantti
Hannu Kahakorpi
Iris-Lilja Lassila original image
Sylvia
Iris-Lilja Lassila
Yrjö Parjanne original image
Eversti
Yrjö Parjanne
Harri Tirkkonen original image
Lääkäri
Harri Tirkkonen
Leila Itkonen original image
Elviira
Leila Itkonen
Heikki Nousiainen original image
Korpraali
Heikki Nousiainen
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius original image
Sotapoliisi
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Mikko Nousiainen original image
Keittiömies
Mikko Nousiainen
Kari Franck original image
Hullu katolla
Kari Franck
Henri Kapulainen original image
Soittajan kaveri
Henri Kapulainen
Asko Sarkola original image
Sotapoliisi
Asko Sarkola
Martti Kainulainen original image
Asemamies
Martti Kainulainen
Matti Tapio original image
Saksalainen vääpeli
Matti Tapio

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