Unknown Soldier, The
Tuntematon sotilas · dir. Edvin Laine
Finland 1955, 181’
23 October, 19:30 · Kino Centrum
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. The Finnish troops attack and quickly move across the border. The young, nervous rookies of the company get their baptism of fire, and the men become familiar with death and the hardships of war. Under strength and badly equipped they fight a superior enemy. The lists of heroes and of the dead seem endless. Edvin Laine's epic interpretation of Väinö Linna's war novel Tuntematon sotilas is an entire chapter in the book of Finnish movie history.
| Director: | Edvin Laine |
| Screenplay: | Juha Nevalainen |
| Music: | Ahti Sonninen |
| Cinematography: | Osmo Harkimo, Antero Ruuhonen, Olavi Tuomi, Pentti Unho |
| Editing: | Osmo Harkimo, Armas Vallasvuo |
| Cast: | Kosti Klemelä, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen, Veikko Sinisalo, Åke Lindman |
| Producer: | T.J. Särkkä |
| Production: | Suomen Filmiteollisuus |
| Awards: | Berlinale – Nagroda OCIC / OCIC Award (1956); Fińskie Nagrody Filmowe Jussi / Jussi Film Awards – Najlepszy Reżyser, Najlepszy Scenariusz, Najlepszy Producent / Best Director, Best Script, Best Producer (1956) |
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