The Unknown Soldier

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The Unknown Soldier (1955)

Directed by Edvin Laine

Drama, War · 3h 01m

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

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Cast

Kosti Klemelä Koskela Heikki Savolainen Hietanen Reino Tolvanen Rokka Veikko Sinisalo Lahtinen Åke Lindman Lehto Pentti Siimes Määttä Leo Riuttu Vanhala Kaarlo Halttunen Rahikainen
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Matti Ranin Kariluoto Jussi Jurkka Lammio Tauno Palo Sarastie Pentti Irjala Kaarna

Crew

Director
Edvin Laine
Screenplay
Juha Nevalainen
Novel
Väinö Linna
Director of Photography
Olavi Tuomi, Pentti Unho, Osmo Harkimo, Antero Ruuhonen
Original Music Composer
Ahti Sonninen
Editor
Armas Vallasvuo, Osmo Harkimo
Producer
T.J. Särkkä

Details

Original title
Tuntematon sotilas
Release date
1955-12-23
Runtime
3h 01m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
FI
Spoken languages
Finnish
Countries
Finland
Production
Suomen Filmiteollisuus