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Le soldat inconnu

Original title: Tuntematon sotilas
  • 1985
  • 3h 17m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
3.1K
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Le soldat inconnu (1985)
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This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finn... Read allThis film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). The film tells the story of ... Read allThis film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). The film tells the story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finlan... Read all

  • Director
    • Rauni Mollberg
  • Writers
    • Veikko Aaltonen
    • Väinö Linna
    • Rauni Mollberg
  • Stars
    • Risto Tuorila
    • Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
    • Paavo Liski
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    3.1K
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    • Director
      • Rauni Mollberg
    • Writers
      • Veikko Aaltonen
      • Väinö Linna
      • Rauni Mollberg
    • Stars
      • Risto Tuorila
      • Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
      • Paavo Liski
    • 13User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Risto Tuorila
    • Koskela
    Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
    Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
    • Hietanen
    Paavo Liski
    • Rokka
    Mika Mäkelä
    • Rahikainen
    Pertti Koivula
    • Lahtinen
    Tero Niva
    • Vanhala
    Ossi-Ensio Korvuo
    • Määttä
    Mikko Niskanen
    • Salo
    Pauli Poranen
    • Lehto
    Hannu Kivioja
    • Riitaoja
    Juha Riihimäki
    • Sihvonen
    Seppo Juusonen
    • Suentassu
    Timo Virkki
    • Honkajoki
    Vesa Ala-Seppälä
    • Hauhia
    Risto Hetta
    • Vuorela
    Veli-Matti Pernu
    • Kaukonen
    Kari Väänänen
    Kari Väänänen
    • Lammio
    Pekka Ketonen
    • Kariluoto
    • Director
      • Rauni Mollberg
    • Writers
      • Veikko Aaltonen
      • Väinö Linna
      • Rauni Mollberg
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    TommyWoods

    The evil twin brother of the unknown soldier

    Rauni Mollberg's version of the Unknown Soldier, the novel of Väinö Linna, has always been the one that has been compared to the first movie version directed by Edvin Laine 30 years earlier. The times have changed between 1955 and 1985 and it shows. Laine's Unknown was jolly and cheerful, almost farce-like when compared to this one. Mollberg's Unknown is grimmer and wants to show the darker shades even darker and deeper than the first one. Laine skips the difficult themes like plundering of enemy cities and the executions of the soldiers sentenced in court-martial quite quickly or doesn't handle them at all. Mollberg obviously wants to dig deeper in them but hasn't left out any of the original scenes either. Hence the titanic length of the film.

    When one has seen the Laine's version so many times as, for example, I have, it is difficult to form an objective opinion about Mollberg's version. The first impression stresses the darkness and seriousness of the atmosphere. It would be OK, if all the actors seemed natural, but they don't. Of course, all the actors in the first version don't seem natural either, but hey, it's Laine's Tuntematon Sotilas! Who cares!? This one gets better along the way, though. You get used to the "new sides of the characters" and forgive some of their faults compared to the old ones. I have to say I haven't read the novel so fortunately I don't have to compare this film to the book. Fortunately, because the book usually overcomes the movie versions. Because of my illiterate manners, I cannot compare this film to the original novel, and again, cannot say how much this one is more or less true to the novel than Laine's film. Therefore, I can only compare these two films. This version has its strengths. It is in some ways more realistic and brings out the characters more than Laine's version, which is almost like an action movie because of its fast pace and light atmosphere. But sometimes Mollbergs Unknown is almost too dark and grim to believe. This is a nice film but it doesn't compare to the first one, which, unfortunately for this film, is a legend. However, Mollberg's Unknown couldn't make it without Laine's version, because to me, it could not stand alone without the legendary memories experienced with the scenes in the first one. Mollberg's Unknown adds something to the "one and only" but that's all there is to it. I first and foremost recommend Laine's Unknown and after that, if you have some extra four hours on your hands, take a look at this Mollberg's view.
    6JayPatton88

    Motti

    Historically accurate showing Finnish Motti tactics. I was impressed with that in itself. "A hiding" was all I could look for in this movie and found it. Good Directing, decent acting, makes for a historically accurate foreign made film
    9laduqesa

    À film that has stayed with me.

    During a visit to the Salpalinja in the late eighties, a friend mentioned this film. We had had a tour by a veteran of the Winter War and the Continuation War of the fortifications and I really wanted to see the film. On our way back to Pyhtää, we hired the video of the film in Kotka and prepared for an evening's viewing.

    To say I was stunned and amazed would be an understatement. The film captured perfectly what the aging ex-soldier had recounted to us - he hadn't held back about anything, including atrocities committed by both sides and about the sheer horror of the war.

    The Finnish front is barely known elsewhere in the West. Nor were the transfers of populations when Russia took Finland's arm and skirt. What madness possessed the Finns to march on? The film explains the collective frenzy of nationalism gripping the dirigeants and (most of) the men. No dissent was allowed. Those who refused to cross into Russia proper were killed. This was sensitively shown in the film.

    Parts of the film were unbearable. The attack on the ambulance stays in my memory. The new lad who doesn't heed the warning about snipers and is rewarded with a bullet in the skull. The line of Russians crossing a snow-covered field only to be mown down to a man.

    Loud, lurid and gory, the film captures the dreadfulness of war and the vagaries of the human spirit in a Finnish context. Definitely recommended.
    9Lassi-4

    A good war-movie about Finland in World War II

    This movie is following a Finnish platoon in Finlands struggle against Soviet Union in the Continuation War starting in 1942. In the beginning the men are conscripts who are sent to the front when Finland attacks SU in hope of getting back the area that SU took from Finland in Winter War in 1940. In the beginning Finland is victorious but then the luck turns... Finland has to start its retreat. The men are just 19-year-old boys when the war starts, but in the end they are heroes who kept the Finland independent despite of the massive Soviet Army.
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    a realistic film about the 2 world war

    This new version of Tuntematon Sotilas is very different from the earlier one made during the fifties, when Finland still had vivid memories from the war. In Mollberg's version there are less humour, and in addition to this there are nothing left of the nationalism, that we are used to connect with this kind of movies. Tuntematon Sotilas reflects about the situation of the soldier and the front-men as a mass. Instead of pathetic patriotism the film tells about the war without great gestures and bloody action scenes. The director keeps Väinö Linna's very critical outlook on the world.

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    • Trivia
      To make the film look more realistic Rauni Mollberg wanted it be shot entirely with a hand-held camera. That was a style familiar from Mollberg's previous films.
    • Quotes

      Corporal: Here you don't smile! If someone can afford to smile in his civilian life, he must remember that here it is not allowed to neigh like a horse!

    • Alternate versions
      The TV version of the movie is more than 30 minutes longer, with a running time of nearly four hours.
    • Connections
      Featured in Molle: Ohjaajamuotokuva akateemikko Rauni Mollbergista (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Jääkärin marssi
      By Jean Sibelius

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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1985 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Finland
    • Languages
      • Finnish
      • Russian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Soldats inconnus
    • Filming locations
      • Fortress, Lappeenranta, Finland(Petrozavodsk)
    • Production company
      • Arctic-Filmi
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    • Budget
      • FIM 14,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 17 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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