Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: December 23, 1955
Runtime: 181 minutes
Genres: Drama, War
Original Language: FI
Rating: ⭐ 7.3/10 (72 votes)
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Cast

Kosti Klemelä
Koskela

Heikki Savolainen
Hietanen

Reino Tolvanen
Rokka

Veikko Sinisalo
Lahtinen

Åke Lindman
Lehto

Pentti Siimes
Määttä

Leo Riuttu
Vanhala

Kaarlo Halttunen
Rahikainen

Jussi Jurkka
Lammio

Tauno Palo
Sarastie

Pentti Irjala
Kaarna

Vilho Siivola
Mäkilä

Tapio Hämäläinen
Salo

Olavi Ahonen
Riitaoja

Vili Auvinen
Asumaniemi

Saulo Haarla
Jalovaara

Ekke Hämäläinen
Doctor

Kalevi Kahra
Recruit

Eino Kaipainen
Lieutenant Colonel

Aarne Laine
Korsumäki

Veijo Pasanen
Uusitalo

Veikko Uusimäki
Baranow

Helena Vinkka
Vera

Kaarlo Wilska
Private Without Legs

Heikki Heino
Second Lieutenant (uncredited)

Martti Kuningas
Private (uncredited)








