Flame Top
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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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Cast
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Asko Sarkola
Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
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Rea Mauranen
Olga Esempio
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Deadwind
Daniel Katz
Claes Olsson
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Elvis kissan jäljillä
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Jaakko Talaskivi
Known for
Rocky VI
Juha
Pirjo Honkasalo
Kari Franck
Gunnar Avanto
Also in
Pirunnyrkki
Tänään olet täällä
Pekka Lehto
Ari Suonsuu
Kalle
No other roles listed
Olli Soinio
Also in
Tales of Transvestia
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Maiju Lassila
Ritva Juhanto
Kurttuska
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Putkinotko
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Pekka Lehto Director · Pirjo Honkasalo Director Maiju Lassila Author
First release October 17, 1980 · Produced in Finland · Original title Tulipää
Production
P-Kino
Production
Finland
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Languages
Original title
Tulipää
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · October 17, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
November 25, 1981
France
May 1, 1981 · Cannes Film Festival
Russia
December 5, 1985
Russia
December 5, 1985 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 27, 1982
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