Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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. Among the witnesses in the documentary is Eeva Kilpi , the Finnish feminist writer, who was a child in Karelia at the time.
In Finland, The Unknown Soldier grossed €3.0 million during its previews and opening weekend. It broke the record for the biggest opening weekend for a Finnish-language film and settled overall third after Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Spectre. [23] It was the highest-grossing film of 2017 in Finnish cinema with €13.5 million. [4] [40]
The Unknown Soldier (Finnish: Tuntematon sotilas, Swedish: Okänd soldat) is a Finnish war film directed by Edvin Laine that premiered in December 1955. It is based on The Unknown Soldier, a novel by Väinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers.
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 ...
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.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The native Finnish name of Winter War, a 1939—1940 war between Finland and the Soviet Union; Talvisota or The Winter War, a 1989 Finnish film; Talvisota, a novel by Antti Tuuri, basis for the film; Talvisota: Icy Hell, a real-time action computer game "Talvisota", a song by Sabaton from The Art of War