The Winter War

Name: The Winter War
Director: Pekka Parikka
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1989-11-30
Rating: 7.0
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.

Director:Pekka Parikka

7.0

1989

189 mins

Languages:Finnish

DramaWar

Production:

National-Filmi