Tuntematon Sotilas
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Edvin Laine
Ake Lindman
Kaarlo Haittunen
Pentii Simes
Heikki Savolainen
Matti Ranin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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. The Finnish troops attack and quickly move across the border. The young, nervous rookies of the company get their baptism of fire, and the men become familiar with death and the hardships of war. Under strength and badly equipped they fight a superior enemy. The lists of heroes and of the dead seem endless. Edvin Laine's epic interpretation of Väinö Linna's war novel "Tuntematon Sotilas" is an entire chapter in the book of Finnish movie history.
Director
Edvin Laine
Cast
Ake Lindman
Kaarlo Haittunen
Pentii Simes
Heikki Savolainen
Matti Ranin
Tauno Palo
Reino Tolvanen
Kosti Klemela
Veikko Sinisalo
Jussi Jurkka
Olavi Ahonen
Crew
Osmo Harkimo
Osmo Harkimo
Vsin÷ Linna
Juha Nevalainen
Antero Ruuhonen
Antero Ruuhonen
T J Sarkka
Jean Sibelius
Olavi Tuomi
Olavi Tuomi
Pentti Unho
Pentti Unho
Armas Vallasvuo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Producer T.J. Sarkka tried to evade the taxman in a weird way by spending the profits from this film in a large number of quickie movies. This, in part, led to his company's downfall.
