Released Date:
1963-02-22
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
106 min
IMDB Ratings:
(218 Reviews)
Director:
Mikko NiskanenJouni Apajalahti
Matti Kassila
Mikko Niskanen
Paavo Rintala (novel)
Lieutenant Takala joins a group of war veterans who gather in a restaurant to reminisce their unit's operations on the Finnish-Soviet front. A flashback takes us back to summer 1944 where the unit, led by Takala, performs dangerous guerrilla operations behind enemy lines. A subplot alleges sexual liaisons between soldiers and female volunteers, which caused controversy when the film and the novel it's based on were released in the early 1960s.
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