The Chalice of Blood
| 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. 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.
The film was self-produced, and its director, Elonen, has previously directed, among others, the documentary The Name of The Game. 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.
The film premiered on 18 August 2022.