The Winter War (1991)

Original title: Talvisota

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon. A five-part television miniseries extension of Pekka Parikka's 1989 film of the same name.

The Winter War

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Taneli Mäkelä

as Martti Hakala

as Jussi Kantola

as Pentti Saari

as Juho ”Jussi” Pernaa

as Erkki Somppi

as Arvi Huhtala

as Aatos Laitila

as Veikko Korpela

as Matti Ylinen

Samuli Edelmann

Samuli Edelmann

as Mauri Haapasalo

as Yrjö Haavisto

as kapteeni Sihvo

Kari Kihlström

as Jorma Potila

as Matti Laurila

Eero Melasniemi

Eero Melasniemi

as Jaakko Rajala

as Yrjö ”Ylli” Alanen

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Season 1

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