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Tuntematon Sotilas
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Tuntematon Sotilas

1985
Drama
War
3h 17m
This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). The film tells the story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finland fighting against the Russian army from the beginning (summer 1941) to the end (summer/autumn 1944) of the war. (imdb)
Directed by:
Rauni Mollberg Rauni Mollberg
Written by:
Väinö Linna Veikko Aaltonen
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Starring:
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Pertti Koivula Risto Tuorila Mikko Niskanen Mikko Niskanen Paavo Liski Mika Mäkelä Pauli Poranen Tero Niva Ossi-Ensio Korvuo
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Genres:
Drama, War
AKA:
Unknown Soldier, The
Country:
Finland
Languages:
German, Russian, Finnish
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Tuntematon Sotilas

1985
Drama
War
3h 17m
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mspraguemsprague
Rated 02 Apr 2018
76
79th
It's very long and requires some subtitle reading but it's not bad as films about war go and details a part of world history that few of us have heard of. Gritty and dirty.
Rated 02 Apr 2018
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 01 Jan 2019
71
66th
More rough version of the classic Finnish war movie.
Rated 01 Jan 2019
metalheimMetalheim
Rated 26 Feb 2023
90
84th
Might be the best war-movie ever made. Stripped of all glory and sentimentality, left with only the bare bones of warfare; young men dying in terror at the front.
Rated 26 Feb 2023
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 05 Jan 2018
80
91st
It's 1985 and Rauni Mollberg doesn't really concern himself with patting Finland's WWII veterans on the back the way Edvin Laine did in 1955's sunny adaptation. Some of the same scenes reappear, but this version is much darker and more realistic. Battle looks more convincing, guys get shell-shocked, go berserk, commit crimes, get executed for refusing orders, etc. He still shows the occasional singing and unwinding, but nothing seems glorious in any way. There's even a drunken "Heil Hitler!".
Rated 05 Jan 2018

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