Unknown Soldier
Feature Film & 5 x 50 min Limited Series
HD
Drama
Feature Film
Title: | Unknown Soldier |
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Original title: | TUNTEMATON SOTILAS |
Format: | Feature Film & 5 x 50 min Limited Series, HD |
Starring: |
Eero Aho Aku Hirviniemi Jussi Vatanen Joonas Saartamo Johannes Holopainen Samuli Vauramo Arttu Kapulainen |
Directed by: | Aku Louhimies |
Produced by: | Elokuvaosakeyhtiö Suomi 2017 in co-production with Scope Pictures and Kvikmyndafélag Íslands |
Unknown Soldier
On one of the lesser-known battlegrounds of WW ll, yet of enormous magnitude to the small nation of Finland, a company of Finnish soldiers endures the grim horrors of war.June, 1941: Trapped between two repressive regimes, Finland has little choice but to ally itself with Nazi Germany against its traditional foe – although it manages to remain a democracy throughout. Virtually unknown in the WW ll arena, a brutal war against Soviet occupation takes place in the Far North. As the men of a Finnish infantry unit march through the forests of Karelia to regain territory lost to Russia in the Winter War of 1939, each of them soon realizes the horror and pointlessness of war. Except for their officers, more concerned about medals and personal glory than the lives of their men. A diverse group of men, all at odds with how they see themselves, each other, and the common cause – yet they are strengthened by a growing bond of camaraderie to each other and their loved ones. After huge personal sacrifice and a prolonged trench war, the outcome is inevitable, ending with a ceasefire in September 1944.
