Screenplay: Väinö Linna

Direction Edvin Laine

Cast Kosti Klemelä · Heikki Savolainen · Reino Tolvanen · Veikko Sinisalo

Plot The story focusses on a group of Finnish soldiers as they defend their borders against Russia during WW2.

Direction Aku Louhimies

Cast Eero Aho · Johannes Holopainen · Jussi Vatanen · Aku Hirviniemi

Plot Adaptation of the 1954 war novel 'The Unknown Soldier' by Finnish author Väinö Linna. The book chronicles the war between Finland and the Soviet Union 1941–1944 from the viewpoint of...

Direction Edvin Laine · Viktor Tregubovich

Cast Kirill Lavrov · Vladimir Tatosov · Igor Dmitriyev · Margarita Terekhova

Plot The story of the formation of the Finnish Republic and its independence from Russia.

Direction Timo Koivusalo

Cast Ilkka Koivula · Vera Kiiskinen · Risto Tuorila · Ritva Jalonen

Plot Akseli Koskela is the son of a parsonage crofter who, when he has grown up, finds it impossible to submit to the role of a faithful and humble servant required...

Direction Edvin Laine

Cast Aarno Sulkanen · Kalevi Kahra · Matti Ranin · Risto Taulo

Plot Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of a little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to...

Direction Edvin Laine

Cast Veikko Sinisalo · Edvin Laine · Fanni Halonen · Salme Karppinen

Plot Portrait of Sven Tuuva, a hero in the Finnish War of 1808-1809.

Direction Rauni Mollberg

Cast Risto Tuorila · Pirkka-Pekka Petelius · Paavo Liski · Mika Mäkelä

Plot This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences...

Direction Timo Koivusalo

Cast Ilkka Koivula · Vera Kiiskinen · Risto Tuorila · Ritva Jalonen