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.
Kosti Klemelä
Koskela
Heikki Savolainen
Hietanen
Reino Tolvanen
Rokka
Veikko Sinisalo
Lahtinen
Åke Lindman
Lehto
Pentti Siimes
Määttä
Leo Riuttu
Vanhala
Kaarlo Halttunen
Rahikainen
Matti Ranin
Kariluoto
Jussi Jurkka
Lammio
Tauno Palo
Sarastie
Pentti Irjala
Kaarna
Vilho Siivola
Mäkilä
Martti Romppanen
Sihvonen
Tapio Hämäläinen
Salo
Olavi Ahonen
Riitaoja
Tarmo Manni
Honkajoki
Veli-Matti Kaitala
Hauhia
Kale Teuronen
Susi
Vili Auvinen
Asumaniemi
Saulo Haarla
Jalovaara
Sakari Halonen
Eerola
Osmo Harkimo
Military Police Lieutenant
Anja Hatakka
Nina
Aimo Hiltunen
Lampinen
Ekke Hämäläinen
Doctor
Erkki Häsänen
Infantry Second Lieutenant
Markku Inkilä
Messenger
Jukka Jaakonkari
Recruit
Kalevi Kahra
Recruit
Eino Kaipainen
Lieutenant Colonel
Topi Kankainen
Korpela
Kalervo Kumpulainen
Military Priest
Arvo Kuusla
Infantryman
Matti Kuusla
Wounded Soldier
Aarne Laine
Korsumäki
Eikka Lehtonen
Engineer Second Lieutenant
Leevi Linko
Sinkkonen
Mikko Niskanen
Mielonen
Pertti Palo
Military Clerk
Veijo Pasanen
Uusitalo
Olavi Pajunen
Executed Soldier
Antero Ruuhonen
Executed Soldier
Vilho Ruuskanen
Autio
Taneli Rinne
Ukkola
Osmo Pöntinen
Medic
Lilja Salmi
Lotta
Tauno Söder
Fleeing Private
Olavi Tuomi
Military Cook
Veikko Uusimäki
Baranow
Alpo Vammelvuo
Sarastie's Adjutant
Helena Vinkka
Vera
Pertti Weckström
Singing Second Lieutenant
Kaarlo Wilska
Private Without Legs
Heikki Heino
Second Lieutenant (uncredited)
Martti Kuningas
Private (uncredited)
Leo Torkko
Private (uncredited)
Director
Edvin Laine
Novel
Väinö Linna
Screenplay
Juha Nevalainen
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Status:
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Original Language:
Finnish
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