Sign of the Beast

1981 film

25 September 1981 (1981-09-25)

Running time

120 minutesCountryFinlandLanguageFinnish

Sign of the Beast (Finnish: Pedon merkki) is a 1981 Finnish drama film co-written and directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta.^[1] It is based on the 1946 book A Gloomy Soliloquy (Finnish: Synkkä yksinpuhelu) by Olavi Paavolainen, based on his war diaries written during the Winter War and the Continuation War.^[2] The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3]

Cast

Esko Salminen as Kaarlo
Irina Milan as Karin
Tom Wentzel as Helmut von Stein
Hannu Lauri as Olavi
Vesa-Matti Loiri as Usko
Jukka-Pekka Palo as Lieutenant Valonen
Esa Pakarinen Jr. as War Photographer
Martti Pennanen as General
Yrjö Parjanne as Captain
Kalevi Kahra as Seargeant Major

See also

References

^ "Pedon merkki (1981)". elonet. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
^ "Olavi Paavolainen". 375 Humanists. University of Helsinki Faculty of Arts. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

Sign of the Beast at IMDb

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Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Flame Top (1980)
Sign of the Beast (1981)
Pessi and Illusia (1984)
The Unknown Soldier (1986)
The Snow Queen (1987)
The Winter War (1990)
Ripa Hits the Skids (1994)
The Last Wedding (1995)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Collector (1997)
A Summer by the River (1998)
The Tough Ones (1999)
Seven Songs from the Tundra (2000)
The River (2001)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003)
Producing Adults (2004)
Mother of Mine (2005)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
A Man's Work (2007)
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
Steam of Life (2010)
Le Havre (2011)
Purge (2012)
Disciple (2013)
Concrete Night (2014)
The Fencer (2015)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
Tom of Finland (2017)
Euthanizer (2018)
Stupid Young Heart (2019)
Tove (2020)
Compartment No. 6 (2021)
Girl Picture (2022)
Fallen Leaves (2023)

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