The Winter War

Name: The Winter War
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1989-11-30
Duration: 3 h 9 min
Rating: 7.027
Cast: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen, Antti Raivio

November 30, 1989
Directed by
Pekka Parikka

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.