The Winter War
Talvisota
1989 · 3h 9m · Drama, War · Finland · Rated 16 (DE)
They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!
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.
Directed by
Pekka ParikkaBased on the novel by
Antti Tuuri6.5Smart score
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based on novel or bookfinnish winter warworld war ii
Rating16 (DE)
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