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Pohjantähti (1973)
Directed by Edvin Laine
Drama, History · 3h 22m
Jussi Koskela clears a plot of land for his family in the village of Pentinkulma in southern Häme. His son Akseli joins the Red Guard and takes part in the Civil War of 1918, at the end of which he is imprisoned. After his release, Akseli returns to Pentinkulma and tries to raise his family with his wife Elina, as well as acquire more land for his croft in a politically hostile environment. The Winter War and Continuation War take a heavy toll on the Koskela family, but despite this, life goes on.
Cast
Aarno Sulkanen
Titta Karakorpi
Anja Pohjola
Crew
- Director
- Edvin Laine
- Screenplay
- Juha Nevalainen, Edvin Laine, Juho Gartz, Georg Korkman, Matti Kassila, Väinö Linna
- Novel
- Väinö Linna
- Director of Photography
- Olavi Tuomi
- Original Music Composer
- Heikki Aaltoila
- Editor
- Juho Gartz, István Szintai
Details
- Release date
- 1973-02-09
- Runtime
- 3h 22m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Fennada-Filmi