The Winter War (1989)
Talvisota
They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!
199 min
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.
- Release date
- November 30, 1989
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Budget
- $4,414,000
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Trailer
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
- Esko Salminen as Matti Laurila
- Kari Sorvali as Hannu Jutila
- Ari-Kyösti Seppo as Ahti Saari
- Esko Nikkari as Yrjö 'Ylli' Alanen
- Ville Virtanen as Jaakko Rajala
- Eero Melasniemi as Eino Nisula
- Pertti Sveholm as Antti Jouppi
- Kalevi Kahra
- Tarja Heinula as Anna
- Pirkko Hämäläinen as Marjatta Hakala
- Leena Suomu as Liisa Hakala
- Miitta Sorvali
Crew
- Pekka Parikka · Director
- Pekka Parikka · Writer
- Antti Tuuri · Writer
- Marko Röhr · Producer
- Juha Tikka · Composer
- Kari Sohlberg · Cinematographer
- Keijo Virtanen · Editor
- Pertti Hilkamo · Production designer