History ·Drama ·War · Estonia · 2017 · 1h 43m

The Eternal Road

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The Eternal Road poster
Director
Antti-Jussi Annila
Cast
Tommi Korpela as Jussi Ketola Sidse Babett Knudsen as Sara Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Kallonen Irina Björklund as Sofia Sampo Sarkola as Strang Ville Virtanen as John Hill
Crew
Rauno Ronkainen — Director of Photography Tambet Tasuja — Editor Ian Person — Original Music Composer Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm — Original Music Composer Antti Tuuri — Screenplay Antti-Jussi Annila — Screenplay
Tagline

Freedom lies beyond heaven and hell

Synopsis

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.

Trailer The Eternal Road — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
immigrantbased on novel or bookgreat depressionlapua movement
Key Collaborators
Antti-Jussi Annila Director Rauno Ronkainen Director of Photography Tambet Tasuja Editor Ian Person Original Music Composer Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm Original Music Composer Antti Tuuri Screenplay Antti-Jussi Annila Screenplay Aku Louhimies Screenplay Antti Tuuri Novel Ilkka Matila Producer Kalju Kivi Production Design Eugen Tamberg Costume Design
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