The Winter War

Name: The Winter War
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1989-11-30
Duration: 189 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen, Antti Raivio

"They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!"

7.0 (91 votes) IMDb 7.5 (9K) Nov 1989 3h 9m

Drama War

Overview

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.

Budget $4M

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