Movies: Continuation war

  • 2017
    Unknown Soldier

    Unknown Soldier (2017)

    Unknown Soldier

    7.52017HD

    The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel)....

    Unknown Soldier
  • 1955
    The Unknown Soldier

    The Unknown Soldier (1955)

    The Unknown Soldier

    7.41955HD

    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....

    The Unknown Soldier
  • 1999
    Ambush

    Ambush (1999)

    Ambush

    5.81999HD

    It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness arou...

    Ambush
  • 1985
    The Unknown Soldier

    The Unknown Soldier (1985)

    The Unknown Soldier

    71985HD

    Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944)....

    The Unknown Soldier
  • 2007
    1944 The Final Defence

    1944 The Final Defence (2007)

    1944 The Final Defence

    5.72007HD

    The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was...

    1944 The Final Defence
  • 2016
    War and Peace of Mind

    War and Peace of Mind (2016)

    War and Peace of Mind

    7.32016HD

    War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically. Finland and WWII, locally known as continuation war, is the backdrop of this documentary....

    War and Peace of Mind
  • 2004
    Beyond the Front Line

    Beyond the Front Line (2004)

    Beyond the Front Line

    6.12004HD

    A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of t...

    Beyond the Front Line
  • 2024
    Spy from a Distance

    Spy from a Distance (2024)

    Spy from a Distance

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    The secret past of a World War II-era intelligence officer comes to light when his grandson, actor Joonas Saartamo, begins to investigate his grandfather's activities as the leader of a long-range reconnaissance patrol. Meeting various experts along ...

    Spy from a Distance
  • 1944
    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland (1944)

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

    61944HD

    A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War....

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland
  • 2011
    Frozen Hell

    Frozen Hell (2011)

    Frozen Hell

    82011HD

    During the Continuation War, there were dozens of POW camps in Finland. About the third of 70,000 prisoners died during the first year of war. Most of the archives of the camps were destroyed and the majority of the war crimes were never revealed....

    Frozen Hell
  • 1993
    Sotapoika

    Sotapoika (1993)

    Sotapoika

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    During the Continuation War, mother Kaarina and son Erkki live at home in a small town while father has been sent to the front. One day the family's life is turned upside down when the father returns home as a deserter from the front ....

    Sotapoika
  • 1991
    Postia marsalkalle

    Postia marsalkalle (1991)

    Postia marsalkalle

    01991HD

    Story of a simple-minded Finnish soldier set in the winter of 1943....

    Postia marsalkalle