The Winter War
They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!
19893h 9mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- War
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- finnish winter war
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 30, 1989
- Original language
- Finnish
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- National-Filmi
- Cast
- Vesa Vierikko,Kalle Paananen,Matti Mehtola,Martti Suosalo,Tiina Björkman,Sari Jokelin,Antti Raivio,Kari Kihlström,Matti Onnismaa,Esko Jantunenand 65 more
- Director
- Pekka Parikka
- Writer
- Antti Tuuri,Pekka Parikka
- Producer
- Marko Röhr
- Cinematography
- Kari Sohlberg
- Music
- Juha Tikka
- Budget
- $4,414,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0098437