Heikki Paavilainen Movies
- 1989
Based on a novel by Antii Tuuri, Talvisota is a dramatized commemoration the 1939 Russo-Finnish war. Threatened with total annexation, Finland courageously faced down the Soviet forces, despite being outnumbered 50 to 1. The tiny country loses the vital Karelian Isthmus, but Finland remains an independent nation, never falling into the Communist sphere as the Soviets had intended. This long (3 hours plus) but never draggy film personalizes the war by concentrating on the exploits of one beleaguered resistance fighter (Taneli Makela). Also known as The Winter War, Talvisota was Finland's candidate for the 1989 Best Foreign Film Oscar. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Taneli Makela, Vesa Vierikko, (more)
- 1988
Four brothers gather with their families one Sunday at the home of their dying grandmother in this uneven tragicomedy. They are to divide up the inheritance of a distant relative, but three of the four brothers begin to drink heavily and go off to the woods for target practice. The feeble grandmother tells the wives that all men are mad, and judging from their actions in this feature, no one can argue. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Esko Salminen, Vesa Makela, (more)
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