Movies: Väinö Linna
- 2017
Unknown Soldier (2017)
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The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel)....
- 1985
The Unknown Soldier (1985)
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Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944)....
- 1955
The Unknown Soldier (1955)
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It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun....
- 1976
Trust (1976)
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Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finan...
- 2010
Under the North Star II (2010)
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Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner......
- 1968
Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)
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Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives u...
- 2021
The Dinosaur (2021)
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Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s a...
- 2009
Under the North Star (2009)
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Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War....
- 1957
Musta rakkaus (1957)
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Marjatta lives in poor conditions in Tampere with her widowed father Arttu who works as a factory worker. Marjatta gets to know engineering student Pauli whose constantly worsening mental health problems and jealousy become a threat to Marjatta and h...
- 1973
Pohjantähti (1973)
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- 1962
Kolmen kaupungin kasvot (1962)
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A documentary about three of Finland's major cities: Turku, Tampere, and Helsinki, showcasing each city's history, geography, and culture....
- 1958
Sven Tuuva the Hero (1958)
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For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its her...
- 1970
Akseli and Elina (1970)
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A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people....
- 1955
Author of "Unknown Soldier", Väinö Linna (1955)
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Portrait of writer Väinö Linna. The program was completed in 1955, written by Nils-Börje Stormbom and read by Carl-Erik Creutz....