The Unknown Soldier (1955)
December 23, 1955Release Date
The Unknown Soldier (1955)
December 23, 1955Release Date


Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

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 / Director of Photography / Editor

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 / Location Manager

Matti Kuusla
Wounded Soldier

Aarne Laine
Korsumäki / Assistant Director

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 / Still Photographer / Director of Photography

Vilho Ruuskanen
Autio

Taneli Rinne
Ukkola

Osmo Pöntinen
Medic

Lilja Salmi
Lotta

Tauno Söder
Fleeing Private

Olavi Tuomi
Military Cook / Still Photographer / Director of Photography

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)

Aarre Koivisto
Production Design

Maila Tuomi
Script Supervisor

Leo Sarri
Location Manager

Helena Hänninen
Costume Design

Veikko Mård
Assistant Camera

Arvi Järvinen
Special Effects

Arvo Murtokallio
Special Effects
Media.


Details.
Release DateDecember 23, 1955
Original NameTuntematon sotilas
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 1m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Unknown Soldier (Finnish: Tuntematon sotilas, Swedish: Okänd soldat) is a Finnish war film directed by Edvin Laine that premiered in December 1955. It is based on The Unknown Soldier, a novel by Väinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers.
The film was and remains the most successful movie ever in Finland; about 2.8 million people, or more than half the Finnish population, saw it in theaters. Its portrayal of Linna's characters is widely accepted as canonical. The film was voted the best Finnish movie by 1,213 respondents in an Internet poll by Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in 2007.
The novel would be filmed again in 1985 by Rauni Mollberg and again in 2017 by Aku Louhimies.
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