The Winter War

The Winter War (1989)

Talvisota

They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.

Date of release
1989-11-30
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (102)
Runtime
3h 9m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Pekka Parikka

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Winter War
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Winter War is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, and based on the 1984 novel Talvisota by Antti Tuuri. It is set in the 1939 Winter War and tells the story of a Finnish infantry regiment from Southern Ostrobothnia fighting on the Karelian Isthmus, focusing mainly on a platoon of reservists from Kauhava.

Production

The film depicts a wide array of genuine wartime vehicles and artillery; and when these were not available, replicas were used:

Tupolev SB; Twin-engine fast bomber (Soviet)

Polikarpov I-16; Single engine, single seat fighter used for strafing runs (Soviet)

Animated special effects were used to simulate tracer projectiles.

In addition to the main title and the incidental music, five pieces play an important role in the film:

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