From Wikipedia: The Winter War (original title in Finnish: Talvisota) is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, based on The Winter War, a novel by Antti Tuuri. It tells the story of a Finnish infantry regiment "JR 23", which consists almost solely of men from Southern Ostrobothnia, focusing mainly on a platoon of reservists from Kauhava. The film was released in Finland and Sweden on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Winter War.
WNU Editor: Hat Tip to OFS for this movie link.
How was it?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was very
ReplyDeletegood. It's become one
of my favorites. Very
Band of Brotherish feel
to it.
I'd have to watch it a few
more times to match characters
and names. The unfamiliarity
with Finnish names and the
uniformity (in my eyes) of
appearance made it difficult.
ofs
It is a 3 hour film .... but it is well done and worth the watch. Just finished watching it. And yes OFS .... a very
ReplyDeleteBand of Brotherish feel
to it.