The Winter War

IMDb 7.1 1989 • 189 min • DramaWar

Director

Pekka Parikka

Country

FI

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Taneli Mäkelä
Taneli Mäkelä Martti Hakala
Vesa Vierikko
Vesa Vierikko Jussi Kantola
Timo Torikka
Timo Torikka Pentti Saari
Heikki Paavilainen
Heikki Paavilainen Vilho Erkkilä
Antti Raivio
Antti Raivio Erkki Somppi

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