The Winter War

The read

The series ran 1 season across 5 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon. A five-part television miniseries extension of Pekka Parikka's 1989 film of the same name.

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Key crew

• Antti TuuriWriter
• Pekka ParikkaDirector
• Pekka ParikkaWriter

Cast

• Taneli MäkeläMartti Hakala
• Vesa VierikkoJussi Kantola
• Timo TorikkaPentti Saari
• Esko KoveroJuho ”Jussi” Pernaa
• Antti RaivioErkki Somppi
• Martti SuosaloArvi Huhtala
• Markku HuhtamoAatos Laitila
• Matti OnnismaaVeikko Korpela
• Tomi SalmelaMatti Ylinen
• Samuli EdelmannMauri Haapasalo
• Vesa MäkeläYrjö Haavisto
• Aarno Sulkanenkapteeni Sihvo

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