Friends, Comrades

Friends, Comrades (1990)

Ystävät, toverit

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the conflict with his all-inclusive greeting "Friends, Comrades." Indeed, the resource he is wrenching from the earth's bowels is necessary to all forms of industrial activity, and is especially necessary for military applications. Thus, he has no reason to fear that he will ever run out of customers. This doesn't prevent him from using every possible means to entice them. At home, his relationship with his wife is not so prosperous, and they resort to some extraordinary means to try and keep on an even keel.

Date of release
1990-11-16
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama, War, History
Director
Rauni Mollberg

Casting

Interesting facts

Friends, Comrades is a 1990 Finnish drama film directed by Rauni Mollberg. It is a brutal story of greed and power, taking place in Petsamo during World War II, and the main character is a nickel factory worker named Arno Jurmala, who always humiliates the side that is winning the war, first the Nazis, then the Red Army.

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