The Winter War

Name: The Winter War
Genre: War & Politics, Drama
Released: 1991-11-20
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Esko Kovero, Antti Raivio

8.0(1 votes)

1991 - 1991

1 Season

Ended

War & PoliticsDrama

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Overview

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.