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70% Critic Match
The Winter War
“They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!”
7.0 / 10• 1989• 3h 9m•NR• Finnish
DramaWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Taneli Mäkelä
Martti Hakala
Lead
Vesa Vierikko
Jussi Kantola
Timo Torikka
Pentti Saari
Heikki Paavilainen
Vilho Erkkilä
Antti Raivio
Erkki Somppi
Esko Kovero
Juho Pernaa
Martti Suosalo
Arvi Huhtala
Markku Huhtamo
Aatos Laitila
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pekka Parikka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Winter War is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
