Lapland War

Lapland War (2026)

Lapin sota

Not everyone made it home.

Young soldier Heikki fights on the Karelian Isthmus alongside his friend Pauli. Arvo, recently released from prison, joins the company, challenging the others' views on war and duty with his worldview. The ceasefire raises hopes of returning home, but it soon becomes clear that Finland must turn against its former German allies in Lapland. At the same time, Saara, who works as a German interpreter in Rovaniemi, must choose her future: stay in Finland or flee to Germany with her beloved, Major Duisberg.

Date of release
2026-10-23
TMDB
3.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Director
Aku Louhimies

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Iron Boot

Lapland War is a 2026 Finnish independent war drama film directed by Aku Louhimies, an adaptation of the 2012 novel by Antti Tuuri, Rauta-antura (2012). The film depicts the Lapland War, a 1944-1945 war between Finland and Nazi Germany. The actors include Luukas Niskanen, Sannah Nedergård, Peter Franzén and Volker Bruch.

Production

The authors are Tuuri and Louhimies. Louhimies previous film The Unknown Soldier (2017) was also a war drama.

The film was produced by Backmann & Hoderoff with funding from the Finnish Film Foundation.

Shooting started in August 2025 and continued in December. A main location of the events depicted is Tornio.

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