The Unknown Soldier
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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.
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Kosti Klemelä
Koskela
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Reino Tolvanen
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Veikko Sinisalo
Lahtinen
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Edvin Laine Director · Juha Nevalainen Screenplay Väinö Linna Author
First release December 23, 1955 · Produced in Finland · Original title Tuntematon sotilas
Production
Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Production
Finland
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Languages
Original title
Tuntematon sotilas
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · December 23, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
January 23, 1956 · Theatrical
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