The Winter War (1989)

1989 · 189 min · Drama, War

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.

Directed by Pekka Parikka. Starring Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen and Antti Raivio.

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