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The Winter War (Finnish: Talvisota) is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, and based on the novel Talvisota by Antti Tuuri.It is set in the 1939 Winter War and tells the story of a Finnish infantry regiment from Southern Ostrobothnia fighting on the Karelian Isthmus, focusing mainly on a platoon of reservists from Kauhava.
The Winter War [F 6] was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II , and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940.
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia is a documentary film, produced, written and directed by Ben Strout. [1] It shows how the Finnish – Russian Winter War of 1939 influenced World War II and how Finland mobilized against the world's largest military power.
Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat Squadron) (1957); Cerný prapor (The Black Battalion/Das schwarze Bataillon/Bataillon des Teufels) (1958); Kommando 52 (Commando 52) (1965); Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (The Laughing Man – Confessions of a Killer) (1966)
Winter in Wartime (Dutch: Oorlogswinter) is a 2008 Dutch war film directed by Martin Koolhoven, from a script he co-wrote with Mieke de Jong and Paul Jan Nelissen, [2] based on Jan Terlouw's eponymous 1972 novel. The film was hugely successful in the Netherlands, out-grossing competing films like Twilight and The Dark Knight. Additionally, it ...
Winter Soldier is a 1972 American documentary film chronicling the Winter Soldier Investigation, which took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31 to February 2, 1971. The film documents the accounts of American soldiers who returned from the War in Vietnam and participated in this war crimes hearing.
It is known to be the only Hollywood film about the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. [1] Two rival skiers competing in the 1936 Olympics, one Russian and one Finn, are pitted against each other just a few years later, as the Russians attack the Finnish border in the Winter War, and the Finnish heroes defend a snow-laden mountain ...
This list of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. The entries on this list are war films or miniseries that are concerned with World War II (or the Sino-Japanese War ) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort.