A Shot in the Factory ( Laukaus tehtaalla ) ( Skottet på fabriken )

A Shot in the Factory (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Laukaus tehtaalla
Alternate Title: Skottet på fabriken
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
69 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Erkko Kivikoski

Written By:
Juho Gartz
Erkko Kivikoski

Actors:
Urpo Poikolainen ..... Henriksson
Aarne Hakulinen ..... Tauno Pylvänäinen
Pentti Viljakainen ..... Ensio Vuori
Artturi Haikonen ..... Oskari Niemi
Erkki Helo ..... Gustaf Ingman
Nestori Huhtanen ..... President Of the Metal Company
Arvo Hursti ..... Old Metalworker
Pentti Pajukallio ..... Production Mathematician
Pauli Virtanen ..... Kuitunen

Synopsis:

In the beginning of this film we see an elderly man cycling to his workplace, a factory in a small town, but not for work. Instead, he walks determinedly to the manager's room, takes a sawn-off shotgun from under his coat and kills his boss. The events that led to this desperate action are then gone through in documentary style: the company's decision to close down an entire department of the factory, the unsuccessful negotiations between the staff and the management and the final denouncement of over 30 workers, most of whom find themselves unable to find new work anywhere else.

Deals with the conflicts that arise when the only industrial employer in a small community starts to fire workers no longer needed because of automated operations.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

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