Drama ·War · Finland · 1989 · 3h 9m

The Winter War

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The Winter War poster
Director
Pekka Parikka
Cast
Taneli Mäkelä as Martti Hakala Vesa Vierikko as Jussi Kantola Timo Torikka as Pentti Saari Heikki Paavilainen as Vilho Erkkilä Antti Raivio as Erkki Somppi Esko Kovero as Juho Pernaa
Crew
Kari Sohlberg — Director of Photography Keijo Virtanen — Editor Juha Tikka — Original Music Composer Antti Tuuri — Screenplay Pekka Parikka — Screenplay Antti Tuuri — Novel
Tagline

They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!

Synopsis

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.

Trailer The Winter War — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookworld war iifinnish winter war
Key Collaborators
Pekka Parikka Director Kari Sohlberg Director of Photography Keijo Virtanen Editor Juha Tikka Original Music Composer Antti Tuuri Screenplay Pekka Parikka Screenplay Antti Tuuri Novel Marko Röhr Producer Pertti Hilkamo Production Design Tuula Hilkamo Costume Design
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