Synopsis

Release Date: 12/08/1989
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Runtime: 3 hr 15 mins
Genre: War
Director: Pekka Parikka
Cast: Taneli Makela , Vesa Vierikko , Timo Torikka , Martti Suosalo

Based on a novel by Antii Tuuri, Talvisota is a dramatized commemoration the 1939 Russo-Finnish war. Threatened with total annexation, Finland courageously faced down the Soviet forces, despite being outnumbered 50 to 1. The tiny country loses the vital Karelian Isthmus, but Finland remains an independent nation, never falling into the Communist sphere as the Soviets had intended. This long (3 hours plus) but never draggy film personalizes the war by concentrating on the exploits of one beleaguered resistance fighter (Taneli Makela). Also known as The Winter War, Talvisota was Finland's candidate for the 1989 Best Foreign Film Oscar.

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