The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.
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Title: The Unknown Soldier (1955)
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Cast
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Kosti Klemelä | ... | Vilho 'Ville' Koskela |
| Heikki Savolainen | ... | Urho Hietanen | |
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Reino Tolvanen | ... | Antero 'Antti' Rokka |
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Veikko Sinisalo | ... | Yrjö Lahtinen |
| Åke Lindman | ... | Lehto | |
| Pentti Siimes | ... | Määttä | |
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Leo Riuttu | ... | Vanhala |
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Kaarlo Halttunen | ... | Rahikainen |
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Matti Ranin | ... | Jorma Kariluoto |
| Jussi Jurkka | ... | Lammio | |
| Tauno Palo | ... | Sarastie | |
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Pentti Irjala | ... | Kaarna |
| Vilho Siivola | ... | Mäkilä | |
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Martti Romppanen | ... | Sihvonen |
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Tapio Hämäläinen | ... | Salo |
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In 1941 Finland attacks the Soviet Union to regain the territory that the Soviet Union occupied after the Winter war 1939-1940. Among the Finnish soldiers are Anttero, Wolf Paw, Koskela and Hietanen. Under great hardships and deaths of comrades in arms they manage to come as far as Lake Onega before the losses become too great. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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finnish soldier | finnish | finland | year 1941 | soviet finnish war |Certificate:
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Country:
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FinnishRelease Date:
23 December 1955 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (Aga-Baltic)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Lyrics and Music Composed by Herms Niel (1938)
Sung by Matti Ranin (här "Kaarina"), Jussi Jurkka (här "Kaarina"), Pertti Weckström (här "Kaarina"), Heikki Heino
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In the book, sergeant Hietanen destroys a Soviet KV-1 tank. However, the film makers could not get that tank type for this production and not even some other Soviet tank despite that Finnish Army did have some T-34s and thus the tank in the film is a German Panzer IV. See more »Soundtracks
ErikaLyrics and Music Composed by Herms Niel (1938)
Sung by Matti Ranin (här "Kaarina"), Jussi Jurkka (här "Kaarina"), Pertti Weckström (här "Kaarina"), Heikki Heino
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Being a swede myself and reading politi kasses interpretation of this movie as soviet propaganda makes me embarrassed. Of course it isn't! Probably he has never seen a soviet propaganda movie? Talking about propaganda I would say "Band of Brothers" contains more American propaganda than this movie contains soviet propaganda - even though Band of Brothers is a fantastic creation. I always find it refreshing to see war movies from other countries than USA. Often the consequences and moral issues of war are more much more interesting. Almost everyone in Europe knows somebody who fought in the war or suffered the consequences. Europeans saw their continent blow into pieces. Thats why we love anti-heroic movies like Das Boot and Stalingrad - and this one. By the way, how often do you see Finnish soldiers in movies? 10 out of 10.