Flame Top (1980)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1980-10-17
Runtime: 155 minutes
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
Top Cast
- Asko Sarkola as Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
- Rea Mauranen as Olga Esempio
- Kari Franck as Gunnar Avanto
- Ari Suonsuu as Kalle
- Ritva Juhanto as Kurttuska
- Esko Salminen as Arwid
- Heikki Alho as Pikku-Pouvali
- Tuomo Railo as Sulo Esempio
- Yuri Rodionov as Rawitz
- Galina Galtseva as Magda
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