The Manila Rope
Overview
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.
About The Manila Rope (1976)
Released in 1976, The Manila Rope is a war and drama film from YLE (Finland). It was directed by Veli-Matti Saikkonen and written by Veijo Meri and Veli-Matti Saikkonen. The cast is led by Erkki Pajala, Vesa Mäkelä, Martti Kuningas, Esko Hukkanen and Hannu Kahakorpi. With a runtime of 1h 15m, the film averages 5.1/10 across 7 TMDB ratings.
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