Flame Top (1980): Cast
Flame Top is a 1980 drama directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto, starring Soli Labbart as Maria Lassila, Asko Sarkola and Esko Salminen. It runs 2 hours 35 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 35m (155 min)
- Directors
- Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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Finnish - Studio
- P-Kino
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Flame Top About?
The premise of Flame Top without spoilers.
Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born 1868, is portrayed in this biographical drama. After a brief look at his youth, the film details his paradoxically reclusive adult life: a stint as a businessman in St. Petersburg, participation in the assassination of a high‑ranking Czarist, and a hurried return to Finland. In a remote village he teaches school to sustain his true vocation as a writer, living near poverty while concealing his identity with many pseudonyms.
Flame Top Themes & Keywords
· 48 tags- adulterous wife
- saint petersburg russia
- teacher
- finnish civil war
- author
- f rated
- morals
- poverty
- assassination plot
- shot to death
- revolution
- year 1918
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- year 1917
- year 1907
- actress
- assassination team
- assassination
- bomb
- terrorism
- terrorist
- class struggle
- working class
- lower class
- year 1904
- year 1908
- year 1938
- blood
- ink
- execution squad
- execution
- marriage ceremony
- marriage
- adultery
- tsarist russia
- reporter
- agitator
- male female relationship
- publisher
- civil war
- finnish red guard
- finland
- outsider
- writer
- russian revolution
- historical event
- autobiographical
- death of child
- based on novel
Flame Top Cast & Characters
Soli Labbart leads the cast as Maria Lassila, with Asko Sarkola as Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala and Esko Salminen as Arwid. Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto; 34 actors are credited in all.
- Co-director Pirjo Honkasalo
- Co-director Pekka Lehto
- Soli Labbart as Maria Lassila
- Asko Sarkola as Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala
- Esko Salminen as Arwid
- Rea Mauranen as Olga Esempio
Also Starring in Flame Top
· 30 more- Matti Oravisto Commandant Carl von Wendt
- Aleksandr Zakharov Von Plehwe
- Elvi Saarnio Olga Esempio in prologue (voice)
- Kari Franck Gunnar Avanto
- Yrjö Tähtelä Narrator (voice)
- Toivo Tuomainen Oskari Skoff
- Yuri Rodionov Rawitz
- Esa Suvilehto Pöntinen
- Markku Blomqvist Lundberg
- German Lupekin General Porunov
- Arno Virtanen Circus manager
- Esko Pesonen Chief editor
- Gunvor Sandkvist Anna Belostotskaja
- Mauno Blomqvist Ploughman (uncredited)
- Pentti Louko Orthodox priest (uncredited)
- Rauha Wolska Restaurant hostess (uncredited)
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- Pentti Kotkaniemi Russian Army Captain
- Ritva Juhanto Kurttuska
- Ari Suonsuu Kalle
- Heikki Alho Pikku-Pouvali
- Tuomo Railo Sulo Esempio
- Galina Galtseva Magda
- Pirkka Karskela Young Algot
- Vadim Mikheyenko Terrorist
- Antero Harpf Rebel officer
- Vitali Iljin-Shapiro Terrorist
- Jan Kulik Terrorist
- Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
- Mauri Front News photographer (uncredited)
- Esko Salmesvirta Algot's father (uncredited)
More from Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto
More films directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto, best-rated first: Melancholian 3 huonetta, Orenda, Jailhouse Socrates and Emergency Call - A Murder Mystery.
Flame Top Also Known As
2 alternative titles: “Cœur de feu” and “Огненная голова”.
- Also known as
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- Cœur de feu
- Огненная голова
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Flame Top FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Flame Top, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Flame Top?
Flame Top runs 2 hours 35 minutes (155 minutes).
When was Flame Top released?
Flame Top was released on October 17, 1980.
Who directed Flame Top?
Flame Top was directed by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto.
More films by Pirjo Honkasalo Who is in the cast of Flame Top?
Flame Top stars Soli Labbart as Maria Lassila, Asko Sarkola as Writer Algot Lassila, aka Maiju Lassila, aka Irmari Rantamala and Esko Salminen as Arwid, among 34 credited actors.
Does Flame Top have a post-credit scene?
No. Flame Top has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Flame Top in?
The original language of Flame Top is Finnish.
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