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