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Åke Lindman was so fed up with playing villains and bad guys that he would have liked to play Koskela, who was the most rightful character in the film. But he ended up playing Lehto, the bad guy of the movie. In spite of his dis-likeness of the character, Lindman was awarded with Jussi-Prize for the role.
The film is traditionally shown in television in Finland every year on Independence Day (December 6th) since the year 2000.
When the film was shown in Russia for the first time ever (well after the downfall of the Soviet Union), it received a standing ovation from the audience.
Finland's highest grossing movie ever.
Has sold in over 40 countries, more than any other Finnish movie.
Lots of authentic footage from the Continuity War were used in the film. Editors Osmo Harkimo and Armas Vallasvuo edited this footage together with the non-authentic footage and they did their job so skillfully that in some scene it is almost impossible to say whether the footage is authentic or not.