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The Road of War (1940)
Directed by Risto Orko
Documentary · 1h 12m
The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to the Soviet invasion; the battle for Karelia; the bombing of Helsinki and other Finnish cities; as well as the activities of the foreign press corps in Finland and the heroic efforts of Finnish women and the Red Cross in their treatment of the wounded.
Cast
Hilkka Helinä
Turo Kartto
Crew
- Director
- Risto Orko
- Screenplay
- Risto Orko
- Writer
- Turo Kartto, Topo Leistelä
- Director of Photography
- Risto Orko
- Editor
- Risto Orko
Details
- Original title
- Taistelun tie
- Release date
- 1940-05-19
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Suomi-Filmi