In the summer of 1944, the Finnish Forces must defend Finland from the invading Soviet Red Army.In the summer of 1944, the Finnish Forces must defend Finland from the invading Soviet Red Army.In the summer of 1944, the Finnish Forces must defend Finland from the invading Soviet Red Army.
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- TriviaThe premise was to make a film about the battle itself, filmed in a documentary style. Therefore the story has an episodic structure and no real lead character. Co-director Sakari Kirjavainen explains that in many scenes the camera "just happens to be there".
- GoofsThe gun of the Sturmgeschütz does not recoil.
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[last lines]
Mannerheim: Perhaps I should go to bed.
- SoundtracksOi kallis Suomenmaa
Composed by Timo Hietala / Trad.
Lyrics by Heikki Klemetti
Arranged by Timo Hietala
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Where's the story?
As always when making a film out of historical events one is challenged with the task of trying to engage the audience, usually by adding characters or embellishing characters already available thus allowing the viewer to relate and or follow the characters throughout the film.
This film is bold enough not to fall for such obvious flirtations with the audience, it has little more story than the historical facts and the characters that appear do so just very briefly. All too briefly for anyone in the audience to remember little more than a name, maybe a rank.
All in all it becomes a rather confusing experience with names and ranks and orders flying around in the Finnish forest with the only exception of a Russian tank blowing up, or was it a Finnish tank?
This film is bold enough not to fall for such obvious flirtations with the audience, it has little more story than the historical facts and the characters that appear do so just very briefly. All too briefly for anyone in the audience to remember little more than a name, maybe a rank.
All in all it becomes a rather confusing experience with names and ranks and orders flying around in the Finnish forest with the only exception of a Russian tank blowing up, or was it a Finnish tank?
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- David Igra
- Jan 16, 2008
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- Battle for Finland: Tali-Ihantala 1944
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- Budget
- €3,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,477,250
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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