The Unknown Soldier (1955)
Tuntematon sotilas
177 min
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.
- Release date
- December 23, 1955
- Country of origin
- Finland
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Cast
- Kosti Klemelä as Koskela
- Heikki Savolainen as Hietanen
- Reino Tolvanen as Rokka
- Veikko Sinisalo as Lahtinen
- Åke Lindman as Lehto
- Pentti Siimes as Määttä
- Leo Riuttu as Vanhala
- Kaarlo Halttunen as Rahikainen
- Matti Ranin as Kariluoto
- Jussi Jurkka as Lammio
- Tauno Palo as Sarastie
- Pentti Irjala as Kaarna
- Martti Romppanen as Sihvonen
- Tapio Hämäläinen as Salo
- Olavi Ahonen as Riitaoja
- Tarmo Manni as Honkajoki
- Vili Auvinen as Asumaniemi
- Saulo Haarla as Jalovaara
- Sakari Halonen as Eerola
- Osmo Harkimo as Military Police Lieutenant
- Anja Hatakka as Nina
- Ekke Hämäläinen as Doctor
- Kalevi Kahra as Recruit
Crew
- Edvin Laine · Director
- Väinö Linna · Writer
- Juha Nevalainen · Writer
- T.J. Särkkä · Producer
- Ahti Sonninen · Composer
- Osmo Harkimo · Cinematographer
- Pentti Unho · Cinematographer
- Osmo Harkimo · Editor
- Armas Vallasvuo · Editor