The Winter War (1989)

Name: The Winter War
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1989-11-30
Duration: 189 min
Cast: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen, Antti Raivio

They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!

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.

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Released 1989-11-30 · 189 min · Drama, War

Directed by Pekka Parikka

Cast

Taneli Mäkelä as Martti Hakala
Vesa Vierikko as Jussi Kantola
Timo Torikka as Pentti Saari
Heikki Paavilainen as Vilho Erkkilä
Antti Raivio as Erkki Somppi
Esko Kovero as Juho Pernaa
Martti Suosalo as Arvi Huhtala
Markku Huhtamo as Aatos Laitila
Matti Onnismaa as Veikko Korpela
Konsta Mäkelä as Paavo Hakala
Tomi Salmela as Matti Ylinen
Samuli Edelmann as Mauri Haapasalo
Vesa Mäkelä as Yrjö Haavisto
Aarno Sulkanen as Sihvo
Kari Kihlström as Jorma Potila