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The Winter War (1989)
Directed by Pekka Parikka
“They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!”
Drama, War · 3h 09m
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.
Cast
Taneli Mäkelä
Martti Hakala
Vesa Vierikko
Jussi Kantola
Timo Torikka
Pentti Saari
Heikki Paavilainen
Vilho Erkkilä
Antti Raivio
Erkki Somppi
Esko Kovero
Juho Pernaa
Martti Suosalo
Arvi Huhtala
Markku Huhtamo
Aatos Laitila
Matti Onnismaa
Veikko Korpela
Konsta Mäkelä
Paavo Hakala
Tomi Salmela
Matti Ylinen
Samuli Edelmann
Mauri Haapasalo
Crew
- Director
- Pekka Parikka
- Screenplay
- Antti Tuuri, Pekka Parikka
- Novel
- Antti Tuuri
- Director of Photography
- Kari Sohlberg
- Original Music Composer
- Juha Tikka
- Editor
- Keijo Virtanen
- Producer
- Marko Röhr
Details
- Original title
- Talvisota
- Release date
- 1989-11-30
- Runtime
- 3h 09m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- National-Filmi
- Budget
- $4,414,000