The Unknown Soldier ( Tuntematon sotilas )

The Unknown Soldier (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Tuntematon sotilas
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
169 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Posters
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Edvin Laine

Written By:
Väinö Linna
Juha Nevalainen

Actors:
Kosti Klemelä ..... Koskela
Heikki Savolainen ..... Hietanen
Reino Tolvanen ..... Rokka
Veikko Sinisalo ..... Lahtinen
Åke Lindman ..... Lehto
Pentti Siimes ..... Määttä
Leo Riuttu ..... Vanhala
Kaarlo Halttunen ..... Rahikainen
Matti Ranin ..... Kariluoto
Jussi Jurkka ..... Lammio
Tauno Palo ..... Sarastie
Pentti Irjala ..... Kaarna
Vilho Siivola ..... Mäkilä
Martti Romppanen ..... Sihvonen
Tapio Hämäläinen ..... Salo

Synopsis:

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns - the war has begun. The Finnish troops attack and quickly move across the border. The young, nervous rookies of the company get their baptism of fire, and the men become familiar with death and the hardships of war. Under strength and badly equipped they fight a superior enemy. The lists of heroes and of the dead seem endless. Edvin Laine's epic interpretation of Väinö Linna's war novel 'Tuntematon Sotilas' is an entire chapter in the book of Finnish movie history.

In 1941 Finland attacks the Soviet Union to regain the territory that the Soviet Union occupied during the winter war 1939-1940. Among the Finnish soldiers are Anttero, Wolf Paw, Koskela, Hietanen. They manage to come as far as Lake Onega before the losses become to great.

About a group of young soldiers fighting against the Russians during World War II.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 December, 2009.

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