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Ambush

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During World War II, Finnish army Lieutenant Eero Perkola (Peter Franzén) is in charge of a platoon stationed along the Russo-Finnish border. They await instructions before attacking the Russians, and are told to form a reconnaissance mission. The men arrive at a nearby village, where Perkola reunites with his fiancée, Kaarina (Irina Björklund), a member of the women's auxiliary unit. After they pull out, Perkola receives terrible news that changes his entire outlook on the war.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 06/05/2002
3.5/5
Affecting and wholly accessible, but it is as conventional as it is well-crafted. Go to Full Review Paul Malcolm L.A. Weekly 10/03/2002
[It has] a humanist touch that stands at odds with the film's wholesale demonizing of the scattered Soviet army. Go to Full Review Luke Y. Thompson New Times 04/04/2002
A beautifully shot and finely acted movie, thankfully slower in pace than the typical post-Private Ryan American war film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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lanfranco c @Lanfrancobz 10/31/2019 Great war action moments. The develop of the characters is good, but the romantic plot is predictable. See more 11/04/2016 11/29/16 Netflix DVD A good movie with realistic battle scenes. Worth watching. See more razvan p 09/08/2013 not much of a script See more 06/20/2011 Bra men lite typisk finsk krigsfilm See more 04/15/2011 I really liked this film when I first saw it in theater back in 1999. However, on the second go I was amazed about the fact that the men were jsut cycling along the beautifull eastern border area. Beautiful images, but not that much happening. See more 10/14/2010 A really good foreign movie. Plenty of action, and romance. It also had some silly stuff which always makes me like movies even better. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Olli Saarela

Director

Peter Franzén

Lieutenant Eero Perkola

Irina Björklund

Lotta Kaarina Vainikainen

Kari Heiskanen

Lance Corporal Jussi Lukkari

Taisto Reimaluoto

Corporal Unto Saarinen

Kari Väänänen

Corporal Tauno Snicker
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Movie Info

Synopsis During World War II, Finnish army Lieutenant Eero Perkola (Peter Franzén) is in charge of a platoon stationed along the Russo-Finnish border. They await instructions before attacking the Russians, and are told to form a reconnaissance mission. The men arrive at a nearby village, where Perkola reunites with his fiancée, Kaarina (Irina Björklund), a member of the women's auxiliary unit. After they pull out, Perkola receives terrible news that changes his entire outlook on the war.
Director
Olli Saarela
Producer
Ilkka Matila, Marko Röhr
Screenwriter
Olli Saarela, Antti Tuuri
Production Co
Matila Röhr Productions (MRP)
Genre
War, Drama
Original Language
Finnish
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 23, 2002
Runtime
1h 40m