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
Original Finnish film poster
Directed by	Pirjo Honkasalo Pekka Lehto
Written by	Pirjo Honkasalo Pekka Lehto Algot Untola
Produced by	Claes Olsson
Starring	Asko Sarkola Rea Mauranen Kari Franck Esko Salminen
Cinematography	Kari Sohlberg
Edited by	Irma Taina
Release date	17 February 1980 (1980-02-17)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Cast

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

See also

• List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film