The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier (2024)

2024

Drama / War

7.5 from 10 with total 37 votes

1955-12-23

181 minutes

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. The Finnish troops attack and quickly move across the border. The young, nervous rookies of the company get their baptism of fire, and the men become familiar with death and the hardships of war. Under strength and badly equipped they fight a superior enemy. The lists of heroes and of the dead seem endless. Edvin Laine\'s epic interpretation of Väinö Linna\'s war novel \"Tuntematon Sotilas\" is an entire chapter in the book of Finnish movie history.

Kosti Klemelä character Koskela

Heikki Savolainen character Hietanen

Reino Tolvanen character Rokka

Veikko Sinisalo character Lahtinen

Åke Lindman character Lehto

Pentti Siimes character Määttä

Leo Riuttu character Vanhala

Kaarlo Halttunen character Rahikainen

Matti Ranin character Kariluoto

Jussi Jurkka character Lammio

Tauno Palo character Sarastie

Pentti Irjala character Kaarna

Vilho Siivola character Mäkilä

Martti Romppanen character Sihvonen

Tapio Hämäläinen character Salo

Olavi Ahonen character Riitaoja

Tarmo Manni character Honkajoki

Veli-Matti Kaitala character Hauhia

Kale Teuronen character Susi

Vili Auvinen character Asumaniemi

Saulo Haarla character Jalovaara

Sakari Halonen character Eerola

Osmo Harkimo character Military Police Lieutenant

Anja Hatakka character Nina

Aimo Hiltunen character Lampinen

Ekke Hämäläinen character Doctor

Erkki Häsänen character Infantry Second Lieutenant

Markku Inkilä character Courier

Jukka Jaakonkari character Recruit

Kalevi Kahra character Recruit

Eino Kaipainen character Lieutenant Colonel

Topi Kankainen character Korpela

Kalervo Kumpulainen character Military Priest

Arvo Kuusla character Infantryman

Matti Kuusla character Wounded Soldier

Aarne Laine character Korsumäki

Eikka Lehtonen character Pioneer Second Lieutenant

Leevi Linko character Sinkkonen

Mikko Niskanen character Mielonen

Pertti Palo character Clerk

Veijo Pasanen character Uusitalo

Olavi Pajunen character Executed Soldier

Antero Ruuhonen character Executed Soldier

Vilho Ruuskanen character Autio

Taneli Rinne character Ukkola

Osmo Pöntinen character Medic

Lilja Salmi character Lotta

Tauno Söder character Fleeing Private

Olavi Tuomi character Cook

Veikko Uusimäki character Baranow

Alpo Vammelvuo character Sarastie's Adjutant

Helena Vinkka character Vera

Pertti Weckström character Singing Second Lieutenant

Kaarlo Wilska character Private Without Legs