Born American (1986)
Freedom is just a word… until you lose it.
A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.
- Date of release
- 1986-01-14
- TMDB
- 3.9 / 10 (35)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Thriller
- Director
- Renny Harlin
Casting
- Mike Norris — Savoy
- Steve Durham — Mitch
- David Coburn — K.C.
- Thalmus Rasulala — The Admiral
- Albert Salmi — United States emissary
- Piita Vuosalmi — Nadja
- Vesa Vierikko — Kapsky
- Ismo Kallio — Zarkov
- Laura Munsterhjelm — Irina
- Antti Horko — Cossack
- Pauli Virtanen — Sergei
- Jone Takamäki — Interrogator
Interesting facts
Born American is a 1986 Finnish film directed by Renny Harlin. It was originally supposed to star Chuck Norris but he backed out when filming was delayed by funding problems and his son, Mike Norris, landed the lead instead. This was at the time the most expensive film ever to have been made in Finland. The Finnish Board of Film Classification initially banned the movie due to excessive violence and anti-Soviet elements. Because of that, the movie had to be shortened 3.5 minutes before it was accepted for distribution. The premiere was December 19, 1986.
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