2 Movies Directed by Edvin Laine

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-12-23

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

181 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (5468 Reviews)

Director:

Edvin Laine

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Vèinè Linna (novel)

Juha Nevalainen

Fullplot:

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 Finnish troops attack and quickly move across the border. The young, nervous rookies of the company get their baptism of fire, and the men become familiar with death and the hardships of war. Under strength and badly equipped they fight a superior enemy. The lists of heroes and of the dead seem endless. Edvin Laine's epic interpretation of Vèinè Linna's war novel "Tuntematon Sotilas" is an entire chapter in the book of Finnish movie history.

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-04-08

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (138 Reviews)

Director:

Edvin Laine

Cast:

Writer:

Jacob Grimm (novel)

Wilhelm Grimm (novel)

Toivo Kauppinen

Aatto Supanen (translation)

Sakari Topelius (novel)

Fullplot:

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