The Unknown Soldier
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7.4It 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.
Released: 1955-12-23181 minDir: Edvin LaineDrama, War
Cast
- Kosti Klemelä as Koskela
- Heikki Savolainen as Hietanen
- Reino Tolvanen as Rokka
- Veikko Sinisalo as Lahtinen
- Åke Lindman as Lehto
- Pentti Siimes as Määttä
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Key dates
- Published
- 23 December 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Original language
- Finnish
- Based on
- The Unknown Soldier
- Director
- Edvin Laine
- Screenwriter
- Väinö Linna
- Cast member
- Vili Auvinen
- Producer
- Toivo Särkkä
- Narrative location
- Finland
Gallery (4)
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Categories
1950s Finnish films1950s Finnish-language films1955 films1955 war filmsContinuation War in popular cultureCulture articles needing translation from Finnish WikipediaFilms about the Eastern Front (World War II)Films based on Finnish novelsFilms based on military novelsFilms based on works by Väinö LinnaFilms directed by Edvin LaineFilms set in 1941