Flame Top
| Flame Top | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pirjo Honkasalo Pekka Lehto |
| Written by | Pirjo Honkasalo Pekka Lehto Algot Untola |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | Asko Sarkola Rea Mauranen Esko Salminen |
| Cinematography | Kari Sohlberg |
| Edited by | Irma Taina |
Release date |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
Flame Top (Finnish: Tulipää) is a 1980 Finnish drama film directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film depicts the life of the writer Algot Untola. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
Cast[]
- Asko Sarkola - Algot Untola
- Rea Mauranen - Olga Esempio
- - Gunnar Avanto
- Esko Salminen - Arwid
- - Kurttuska
- - Kalle
- - Sulo Esempio
- - Pikku-Pouvali
- - Rawitz
- - Magda
- - Maria Lassila
- - Young Algot
- - Lundberg
- - Pöntinen
- Matti Oravisto - Commandant Carl von Wendt
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Flame Top". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1980 films
- Finnish-language films
- 1980 drama films
- Finnish films
- Finnish biographical drama films
- Films directed by Pirjo Honkasalo
- Films directed by Pekka Lehto
- 1980s biographical drama films
- Finnish film stubs