Dec 23, 1955
181 min
Full-HD

The Unknown Soldier (1955)

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

Category

Drama War

Country

Finland

Companies

Suomen Filmiteollisuus

Kosti Klemelä

Koskela

Heikki Savolainen

Hietanen

Reino Tolvanen

Rokka

Veikko Sinisalo

Lahtinen

Åke Lindman

Lehto

Pentti Siimes

Määttä

Leo Riuttu

Vanhala

Kaarlo Halttunen

Rahikainen

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