The Winter War

Year: 1989

Runtime: 189 mins

Language: Finnish

Director: Pekka Parikka

DramaWarWar and historical adventureMilitary combat and heroic soldiersPolitical drama patriotism and war

In late November 1939 Russia attacks Finland, and a platoon of reservists from the farming community of Kauhava in Ostrobothnia is mobilised. The story follows farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala as they leave their families to confront the brutal, icy battlefields, fighting to hold back the Russian juggernaut in a frozen hell.

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