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Flame Top( 1980)

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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.

    Top Billed 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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      Kari Franck

      Gunnar Avanto

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      Ari Suonsuu

      Kalle

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      Ritva Juhanto

      Kurttuska

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      Esko Salminen

      Arwid

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      Heikki Alho

      Pikku-Pouvali

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      Tuomo Railo

      Sulo Esempio

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      Yuri Rodionov

      Rawitz

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      Galina Galtseva

      Magda

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      Soli Labbart

      Maria Lassila

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      Pirkka Karskela

      Young Algot

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      Markku Blomqvist

      Lundberg

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      Esa Suvilehto

      Pöntinen

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      Matti Oravisto

      Commandant Carl von Wendt

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      Gunvor Sandkvist

      Anna Belostotskaja

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      Pentti Kotkaniemi

      Russian Army Captain

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      Aleksandr Zakharov

      Von Plehwe

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      Vadim Mikheyenko

      Terrorist

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      Antero Harpf

      Rebel officer

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      German Lupekin

      General Porunov

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      Esko Pesonen

      Chief editor

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      Arno Virtanen

      Circus manager

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      Vitali Iljin-Shapiro

      Terrorist

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      Jan Kulik

      Terrorist

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      Toivo Tuomainen

      Oskari Skoff

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      Elvi Saarnio

      Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)

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      Yrjö Tähtelä

      Narrator (voice)

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      Eeva-Kaarina Volanen

      (voice)

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      Mauno Blomqvist

      Ploughman (uncredited)

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      Mauri Front

      News photographer (uncredited)

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      Pentti Louko

      Orthodox priest (uncredited)

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      Esko Salmesvirta

      Algot's father (uncredited)

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      Rauha Wolska

      Restaurant hostess (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • woman director