- HD 1080
- Runtime: 189m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fi
- Country: Finland
- Director: Pekka Parikka
- Stars: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen, Antti Raivio
- keywords: world war ii, finnish winter war
- Production_studio: National-Filmi
- Slogan: They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!
- The The Winter War is featured in the top rankings of 1989
- #42 in Top Drama Movies of 1989
- #7 in Top War Movies of 1989
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.