Soldats inconnus

Titre original : Tuntematon sotilas

1955
2h 57min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.

Réalisation
- Edvin Laine
Scénario
- Väinö Linna
- Juha Nevalainen
Casting principal

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8,0/10

7,9 k

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Réalisation
- Edvin Laine
Scénario
- Väinö Linna
- Juha Nevalainen
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 victoires et 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
The film is traditionally shown in television in Finland every year on Independence Day (December 6th) since the year 2000.

Citations
Hauhia: How does it feel to shoot a human-being?
Rokka: I don't know. I have only shoot the enemies.
Hauhia: Aren't they human-beings?
Rokka: The wise men say that they aren't.

Connexions
Edited into Juoksuhaudantie (2004)

Bandes originales
Finlandia
by Jean Sibelius

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8/10

A Finnish infantry company with machine guns fights against the Red Army.

The movie is based on a brilliant and realistic book (Unknown soldier) about the "Continuation War" between Finland and Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.

After the initial fast attack phase the war turns into sleepy trench warfare (1942-44), then (1944)the company has to retreat and finally stop the storming Red Army forces. There exists a wide spectrum of characters from cowards to heroes, from peasant rank-and-file soldiers to cocky officers. The scale in personalities and changing situations of war, which are credibly described, makes the movie a spectacle.

It helps a lot if one knows some of the underlying history, but the story is rather universal tale of the cruelty of war and the men who have to live and die for their country and different motives. The language with dialects is versatile, but in Finnish only. This old version (1955) is in my opinion better than the later one (1985).