All Finnish War Movies
A list of wartime movies involving Finnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota), Winter War (Talvisota), Continuation War (Jatkosota) & Lapland War (Lapin sota).
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- DirectorTeuvo PakkalaStarsYrjö HirviseppäLisi CarénJorma VaajakallioFinnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsAarno SulkanenTitta KarakorpiRisto TauloTäällä 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 us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.Finnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorOlli SoinioStarsIlkka HeiskanenMilka AhlrothHannu KiviojaFinnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorLauri TörhönenStarsMartin BahneMinna HaapkyläTommi Korpela"Raja 1918", also known as "The Border", is a Finnish war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen set in the immediate aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. It is spring of 1918. A young scientist and officer, captain von Munck (Martin Bahne), is sent to the village of Rajajoki to close the border between the newly independent Finland and Russia under Bolshevik revolution.Finnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorAku LouhimiesStarsSamuli VauramoPihla ViitalaEero AhoThere is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed.Finnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorSeppo RustaniusStarsLotta LindroosNiko SaarelaGustaf MannerheimFinnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorTimo KoivusaloStarsIlkka KoivulaVera KiiskinenRisto TuorilaA new film-adaptation of Väinö Linna's famous book here Beneath the North Star.Finnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorClaes OlssonStarsNicke LignellAnton HäggblomPetter Kevin"The Battle of Nasilinna 1918" - depicting the Finnish Civil War from the White army's point of view. Lieutenant Melin's soldiers mission is to penetrate the heart of the city and overtake the Nasilinna Palace from the Reds.Finnish Civil War (Suomen sisällissota)
- DirectorPekka ParikkaStarsTaneli MäkeläVesa VierikkoTimo TorikkaIn 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.Winter War (Talvisota)
- DirectorVeli-Matti SaikkonenStarsVesa VierikkoTommi KorpelaAri-Kyösti SeppoWinter War (Talvisota)
- DirectorIlkka VanneStarsLaura BirnKaroliina VanneHanna LekanderThe film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.Winter War (Talvisota) & Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorKlaus HäröStarsTopi MajaniemiMarjaana MaijalaMaria LundqvistDuring World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of 9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and yet not attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. When he is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.Winter War (Talvisota) & Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorTimo KoivusaloStarsIlkka KoivulaVera KiiskinenRisto TuorilaContinues to follow the life of a Finnish family from aftermath of the Finnish Civil War to the Second World War which unites the country. But at what cost?Winter War (Talvisota) & Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorOrvo SaarikiviStarsAnsa IkonenEino KaipainenLaila RihteThe spoiled girl Elli Arto joins the military service for women longing for a life of excitement. Out there she grows-up to a responsible adult.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorRisto OrkoStarsOiva LuhtalaReino ValkamaKirsti HurmeKalle Ryhmy and Ville Romppainen have to go behind the lines to destroy a Russian weapons stockpile.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsKosti KlemeläHeikki SavolainenReino TolvanenThe tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsLeena HäkinenElina SaloEila PehkonenContinuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsElsa TurakainenMirjam NoveroTauno PaloContinuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorMikko NiskanenStarsPentti TarkiainenVesa-Matti LoiriUti SaurioA group of mischievous Finnish boys experience the ups and downs of life during World War 2.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorMikko NiskanenStarsMatti OravistoKauko LaurikainenPaul BudskoLieutenant Takala joins a group of war veterans who gather in a restaurant to reminisce their unit's operations on the Finnish-Soviet front. A flashback takes us back to summer 1944 where the unit, led by Takala, performs dangerous guerrilla operations behind enemy lines. A subplot alleges sexual liaisons between soldiers and female volunteers, which caused controversy when the film and the novel it's based on were released in the early 1960s.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorMatti KassilaStarsJoel RinneJussi JurkkaTamara LundJune 1944. The attention of the world is focused on Normandy, but the change of the tide can be felt in Finland also. Rumours of preparations of a massive Soviet attack in the Karelian region are heard everywhere. In the Finnish HQ many officers know the attack is coming, but Marshal Mannerheim is not even informed of the most frightening news. The old marshal is turning 77, but the Soviet Union has an unpleasant gift for him. The army is not all prepared, but who is guilty, and to whom belongs the honor?Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorTimo LinnasaloStarsRaimo GrönbergMarkku HuhtamoKaija KangasContinuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorJaakko PakkasvirtaStarsEsko SalminenIrina MilanTom WentzelFollows several Finnish officers and soldiers during World War II, mainly in the Finnish headquarters.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorEija-Elina BergholmStarsIda-Lotta BackmanMathieu CarrièreJörn DonnerAngela serves during Finland's Continuation War (1941-1944) as a nurse at a war hospital. There she meets Thomas Schmidt, a German officer who, in part, lost his memory due to her injuries. They fall in love.Continuation War (Jatkosota)
- DirectorRauni MollbergStarsRisto TuorilaPirkka-Pekka PeteliusPaavo LiskiThis 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 as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). The film tells the story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finland fighting against the Russian army from the beginning (summer 1941) to the end (summer/autumn 1944) of the war. Many of the characters are based on author Linna's brothers in arms.Continuation War (Jatkosota)