The Manila Rope

The Manila Rope

75 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 28, 1976

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.

The Manila Rope

75 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 28, 1976

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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Yle
Original title Manillaköysi
Directors Veli-Matti Saikkonen
Writers Veijo Meri, Veli-Matti Saikkonen

Cast

Erkki Pajala

as Joose Keppilä

Vesa Mäkelä

as Fiksu

Esko Hukkanen

as Vääpeli

Hannu Kahakorpi

as Seonnut alikersantti

Iris-Lilja Lassila

as Sylvia

Yrjö Parjanne

as Eversti

Harri Tirkkonen

as Lääkäri

Leila Itkonen

as Elviira

Heikki Nousiainen

as Korpraali

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

as Sotapoliisi

Mikko Nousiainen

as Keittiömies

Kari Franck

as Hullu katolla

Henri Kapulainen

as Soittajan kaveri

Asko Sarkola

as Sotapoliisi

Martti Kainulainen

as Asemamies

Matti Tapio

as Saksalainen vääpeli