The Eternal Road

Name: The Eternal Road
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2017-09-15
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Cast: Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Irina Björklund

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2017 · 1h 43m · Drama, History, War · Estonia, Finland · Rated 15 (SE)

Freedom lies beyond heaven and hell

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.

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Antti-Jussi Annila

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Antti Tuuri, Antti-Jussi Annila, Aku Louhimies

Based on the novel by

Antti Tuuri

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Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Irina Björklund

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