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The Winter War
"They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!"
1989 • 3h 9m • ★ 7.0 (91 votes) Released
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.
Director
Pekka Parikka
Screenplay
Antti Tuuri
Screenplay
Pekka Parikka
Rating
7.0
Runtime
189 min
Budget
$4.4M
Production
National-Filmi
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