| The Chalice of Blood | |
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| Finnish: Verimalja | |
| Directed by | Jarno Elonen |
| Written by | Pekka Rintala Jarno Elonen |
| Produced by | Pekka Rintala |
| Starring | Marko Salminen Antti Peltonen Marko Loukaskorpi Matti Toivio Pasi Gerlander Paavo Peltonen |
| Cinematography | Jarno Elonen |
| Edited by | Toni Tikkanen |
| Music by | Heikki Kareranta |
Production companies | Autere Films Foci-tuotanto |
| Distributed by | Black Lion Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Languages | Finnish, Russian, German |
| Box office | $2,792 |
The Chalice of Blood (Finnish : Verimalja) is a 2022 Finnish independent war film directed, co-written and cinematographed by Jarno Elonen. [1] It is set in the final years of World War II and tells the story of Finnish Sergeant Myllykoski, who, as part of the German Waffen-SS, sets out to search for the Byzantine Chalice while the Soviet NKVD threatens to complicate matters.
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The film was self-produced, [2] and its director, Elonen, has previously directed, among others, the documentary The Name of The Game. [3] The film's initiator and main screenwriter, Rintala, has refined his knowledge in the making of the film as a Master of Theology with a background in church and military history. [4]
The film premiered on 18 August 2022. [1]
