Flame Top

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]

Flame Top
Directed byPirjo Honkasalo
Pekka Lehto
Produced byClaes Olsson
Written byPirjo Honkasalo
Pekka Lehto
Algot Untola
StarringAsko Sarkola
Rea Mauranen
Kari Franck
Esko Salminen
CinematographyKari Sohlberg
Edited byIrma Taina
Release date
  • 17 February 1980 (1980-02-17)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Cast

  • Asko Sarkola - Algot Untola
  • Rea Mauranen - Olga Esempio
  • Kari Franck - Gunnar Avanto
  • Esko Salminen - Arwid
  • Ritva Juhanto - Kurttuska
  • Ari Suonsuu - Kalle
  • Tuomas Railo - Sulo Esempio
  • Heikki Alho - Pikku-Pouvali
  • Yuri Rodionov - Rawitz
  • Galina Galtseva - Magda
  • Soli Labbart - Maria Lassila
  • Pirkka Karskela - Young Algot
  • Markku Blomqvist - Lundberg
  • Esa Suvilehto - Pöntinen
  • Matti Oravisto - Commandant Carl von Wendt

See also

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Flame Top". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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