HISTORICAL MOVIES: FINLAND
X Mestari Patelin (1985) -- Medieval Finland
X Korkein oikeus (1998) – the "Cudget War" was a peasant rebellion in the late 16th century Finland
X Työväenlaulaja (1973) -- labor troubles in Finland
X Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Here Under the Northern Star) (1968) -- life of a tenant farmer family in a Finnish village from 1890s to 1918 and the Finnish Civil War
X Doverie (Trust) (1976) -- set around the founding of the Republic of Finland
X Pako punaisten päämajasta (2000) – Finnish Civil War (January to May, 1918)
Käsky (Tears of April) (2008) -- a White officer in the Finnish Civil War against the Reds repeatedly tries to save a female Red soldier who he loves (in Finnish with English subtitles)
X Mommilan veriteot 1917 (The Mommila Murders) (1973) – richest man in Finland is killed in December 1917 just a few months before the Finnish Civil War by a revolutionary seamen
X Aika hyvä ihmiseksi (aka Pretty Good for a Human) (1977) -- Finnish film about a boy in post-World War I Finland
X Raja 1918 (The Border) (2007) -- guarding the border with Russia following the end of the Finnish War of Independence
X Suuri peli, korkeat panokset (1999) -- 1920s, Russia, Finland, peace negotiations
World War II
Finland's Defense against the Soviet Union
Talvisota (The Winter War) (1989) -- the Soviet Union attacks Finland; Finnish resistance
A Rukajärven tie (Ambush) (1999) -- Finnish resistance 1939-1940
Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1985) -- remake of the 1955 film of the same name
X Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1955) -- ordinary Finnish soldiers in a machine gun platoon fight desperately in the Continuation War (1941-1944) between Finland and the Soviet Union
Framom främsta linjen (Beyond Enemy Lines) (2004) -- Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61 fights throughout the Continuation War
X Päämaja (Headquarters) (1970) – June 1944, D-Day. Finns prepare for Soviet attack in Karelian region
Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2007) -- the Battle of Tali-Ihantala (June 25 to July 9, 1944) of the Continuation War (1941-1944)
X Child of Mine (2005) -- Swedish film; over 70,000 Finnish war children sent to Sweden, Norway and Denmark; one boy's story in Sweden
Lupaus (Promise) (2005) --Finnish women's Lotta Service during WWII through the eyes of three young women
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