Veikko Hemminki

The Winter War

Pekka Parikka

Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko

Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.