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Long story of " Fight and Protest " to USSR : or Russia : by Finland .
Finland people had had to fought 3 times to USSR or Russia and Nazis Deutschs during short term first 20 century to the end of W.W.2 .
It was so hard and painful , and never loose by USSR and Nazis Deutschs.
I'm sorry to Finland people by USSR's invasion like now , invasion to Ukraine , 2022 .
There are fantastic nature and beautiful Aurora , or wild animals and so on .
I think about this historical movie says " Russia always has attacked another innocent countries " .
We're living in 21th century , but , Russia is living in the past so much .
No benefits to Russia attacks another innocent countries at all .
Why ? What for ?
I can't understand it .
Finland soldiers and citizens had never given it up .
Finland Ice hockey national team won to Russian team at this Olympic , 2022 .
We don't say to Suomi people , smaller and population is tiny .
They had fought by theirselves their own and won to Russia .
It's so wonderful .
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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A relatively less known Finnish master piece about The Winter War 1939-40. One of first 'gritty, realistic war movies', if not The First, which had direct or indirect influence to most war movies directed after it. No Hollywoodisms, no artificial forced plot, no superheroes, no glorification of war. Pekka Parikka's Talvisota is the war movie that many ways redefined the genre, and to which private ryans, stalingrads, hacksaw ridges, red thin lines and ilks are in dept. The movie which hasn't got enough credits for it's influence to the genre, and the impact it made to it, but it's also the movie that should be permanently in the collection of "Introduction to the war movies" for all directors of the genre. There are no false notes in this master piece, even considering relatively small budged and production values relative to contemporary movies of this kind. Talvisota's realism goes that far that even landscapes of battles were chosen to depict rather accurately to their historical place. You just look at a battle map of historical Battle of Äyräpää at the end of the war and you watch the movie: troops fight in and move in similar landscapes of geography... ;) Only atypically warm winter '88 during the making of the film takes something out of the realism of Winter War, the reality was hellishly more frozen than it appears in the film. Of course, there are many little things to nitpick about realism, but as a whole this gem is just as realistic as it can go with given resources to put it, which were unprecedented for it's time in Finnish cinema.
War movie where audience is just put there in to a trench to share same perspective, pains, desperation, frustration, losses. Catharsis is to be find only upon death in this movie. No parades, no medals of honor...
Cast does incredible job, largely avoiding anachronisms. They also collectively paint a great picture of a microcosmos within the platoon, company, battalion...
This war movie is among the best films ever made in it's genre, but audiences must remember that it is also made long before any now-established Hollywood 'formats' or 'rules' of a war movie how to depict things realistically within this genre. Thus, plot-wise it maybe difficult to digest for some of contemporary audiences, as it lacks practically everything that is now standard stuff in war movie scripts.
Drunken soldier: "Make a room for heroes of River Taipaleenjoki!"
*long silence*
Martti Hakala: "The Heroes of Taipaleenjoki are already dead."
Highly recommended, essential war movie to watch. The film that probably get much more recognition more time will pass, for it's realism and for in its core, it is universal and timeless.
"Peace has come 11am!"
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/13/23
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The best Finnish war movie ever made. Still looks good on effects, but sounds are little bit thin.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/16/23
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Talvisota (The Winter War) began on Oct 13 1939, when reservists in the Finnish army were called to active duty. Two farmers, Martti Hakala and his younger brother Paavo, join other men from the municipality of Kauhava in a platoon under the command of second lieutenant Jussi Kantola. After mustering at the local school, the men ride the train to Seinäjoki to join the rest of the Finnish Army's 23rd Regiment, under the command of lieutenant-colonel Matti Laurila. After some practice, the regiment goes to the Karelian Isthmus, where Kantola's men help civilians in the potential war zone evacuate their village. After marching to the Taipale River, Kantola's men help in building defenses in preparation for the anticipated Soviet attack...
The Winter War (original title in Finnish: Talvisota) is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, based on The Winter War, a novel by Antti Tuuri. It tells the story of a Finnish infantry regiment "JR 23", which consists almost solely of men from Southern Ostrobothnia, focusing mainly on a platoon of reservists from Kauhava. The film was released in Finland and Sweden on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Winter War. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. "Talvisota" is the most expensive film ever made in Finland and although the film was a huge success in Finland, its production company National-Filmi Oy went bankrupt, because the international success was not as good as the production company expected.
As a Swede, World War II is a bit of a sore spot as Sweden had a neutral approach in the war while the Danish, Norwegians and Finnish engaged and battled both Germany and the Soviet Union in various forms. Yes, not to be forgotten there were a lof of Swedes who did help out in the battles, but Sweden as a country had a neutral approach. I believe it´s very important to make this sort of films like "Talvisota" to show what really happened and to educate other generations of the horrors of war. The 1939-40 Russo-Finnish War, was a horrifying war during the 20th century. The Soviet Union invaded Finland in November of 1939 when the Finns refused Stalin's demands to relinquish some of their territory in Karelia. The Finns were outnumbered 50-1 but fought with incredible courage and tenacity and inflicted a half million casualties on the Soviets before they were forced to capitulate in March of 1940. "Talvisota" captures the horror and graphic carnage of that war. It´s a disturbing, depressing but also a gripping and moving movie experience. Yes, the acting might not be top notch, but the dramatisation, props and emotional outpour is of high standard. I saw the long version and the end battle part is like one hour of the film and I must praise Pekka Parikka for daring to keep it going for so long during the running time. It really works and fits the film. "Talvisota" is amongst those warmovies you need to see.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/21/23
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Good example for the senselessness of war...after 3 hours u ask yourself how many times u saw the same scene over and over again...thats a bit dull...of course this means no disrespect to the events shown
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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Epic movie war about Mannerheim's troops fighting the Soviets in late 1939/1940. Very realistic combat scenes with no computer aids. The movie explores the harsh conditions and great sacrifices under which the under armed Finns secured their independence. Perhaps the movie could have shown a little more of Finnland's political stance at the time, but overall an excellent movie.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
01/14/23
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