They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!

The Winter War

6.9 (97 votes)• 1989• 189m•Released

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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.

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Languages: Finnish

Director: Pekka Parikka

Starring Cast: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen, Antti Raivio, Esko Kovero

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