Join me as I delve into ‘The Unknown Soldier’ Movie! This compelling tale, exploring the Finnish Invasion of the Soviet Union in 1942 to recapture their Territory of Karelia which the Soviet Union took during the Winter War of 1939! The Unknown Soldier beautifully intertwines elements of history, drama, and suspense as it explores the history of this event! The Unknown Soldier scores 7.7/10 on IMDB and in my opinion is one of the Best and most realistic War Movies ever made!
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This Movie scores 7.7/10 on IMDB. This Movie was written by Vaino Linna, Aku Louhimies and Jari Olavi Rantala. This Movie was directed by Aku Louhimies. This Movie stars Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen and Jussi Vatanen amongst others. Please visit https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4065552/ for the full cast list. This Movie was produced by Elokuvaosakeyhtiö Suomi 2017, Kvikmyndafélag Íslands and Belgian Scope Pictures. The copyright to the full original content is held by Elokuvaosakeyhtiö Suomi 2017. The copyright for this video is held by Jay’s Retro Reactions.
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we had a very capable air force. most of the highest scoring non-german aces are finnish pilots.
23:57 Asumaniemi (the guy who got shot) didn't really understand the severity of the war. He didn't really believe that he could die at any moment. To him this was just a game. He loved to fight.
movie is based on a novel by the same name tuntematon sotilas. author, Väinö Linna, a veteran himself , so in a sense self-experienced..
13:30 The character of undersergeant (later sergeant) Antero Rokka is based on real war hero named Viljami Pylkäs. The author of the book Väinö Linna fought alongside with Pylkäs.
Thank you for your extensive review – as many have mentioned previously, it really offered a fresh, expert point of view to a story that's very dear for us Finns. My grandfather fought in both wars and lost two of his brothers – both missing in action.
Really happy to hear that you enjoyed the film. Wishing you all the best!
My grandma had to evacuate from Karjala when the russians attacked.
This movie is the best
It was a peace treaty Finland signed and the demands were worse than what the Soviet Union initially asked + reperations for damages, which was pretty bad.
You can't really know if they would've annexed Finland if they just agreed on the territorial demands initially without a fight like baltics and other countries, I'm pretty sure Finland kept it's independence due to the sacrafice.
No it wasn't agreement to fight Germans in northern Russia it was every German out of Finland there wasn't that much fighting but it did result in some casualties.
I believe the reason why the Finns dug in on the "wrong" side of the river, was because they were supposed to delay the russians long enough to get all the equipment across first. The engineers would set up the charges to blow up the bridge once the russians were close, but blew it too early.
Very professional analyze from this movie 👍. It is always nice to listen a non Finnish person, who knows the history this well 👍.
Unknown soldier is like a Holy Saga to us Finns. This third version is good and realistic. But I would still prefer the Rukajärven Tie movie. It is more deep and not trying to tell the whole 5-6 years history. (Tie does not mean tie. It means road 😊)
If you want to see what happened in the winter war, this is a very good and accurate documentary about the events of the Frontline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uk5bY22RSE&t=1354s
One of my most ‘favourite’ war films and books. Highly recommend reading the book too.
My grandma is one of the old Karelians. She was 9 when Winter War happened, and then they had to leave again during 44 when the big push came. Never got to go back home after that.
I went to see this movie with her when it came out. Those scenes showing off the home life at the farm weren't part of the book, but it was a nice addition and very much the reality for many. You can imagine it was quite emotional to sit next to someone who had lived that as a child, having to leave home not once but twice.
They're not Russian helmets. They're Finnish steel helmets that were modeled after the Swedish. Not all Finnish troops wore Stahlhelms during the continuation war.
"…pushed back to the borders which were set after the winter war"" – Not exactly. The VKT-line held after the victories in Tali and Ihantala right up to the ceasefire. Finnish troops withdrew only after the fighting as per one of the conditions.
@JayRetroReactions You might also want to get your hands on Tuntematon Sotilas movie from year 1955. Many of people in that production actually were fighting in that war. Finland lost Petsamo and Karelia in peace treaty plus some other minor areas. Both were pretty heavy losses to industry and Karelia for farming so much so it feels even today.
The Winter War was such a heartbreak for the Finnish people, because everyone "knew" there was no winning the war. Yet people fought anyway. Then, during the Continuation War, it seemed there was light at the end of the tunnel. A chance that the "eternal enemy" might be extinguished. And then it happens again – the feeling of no victory returns and the loss is bitter indeed.
There is also Winter war movie, quite good as well made in 1989. This Continuation war movie is third remake and best of them I think.
https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi-konepistooli….. the Finns had this submachine gun almost exclusively…and this rifle..https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalkav%C3%A4enkiv%C3%A4%C3%A4ri_M/27…..
In this film,the Finns invaded East Karelia…there are some roads etc..because of that,not much armor was udes,etc…on the Karelian Isthmus,on the other hand,more tanks were used,etc..Finland have one armoured division..
https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viljam_Pylk%C3%A4s…….this man was the real-life Antti Rokka…Among other things, he was awarded the Iron Cross of the Second Class for shooting dozens of enemy soldiers in the snow…
I can open those Wikipedia articles for some reason…sorry for this
https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi-konepistooli
https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalkav%C3%A4enkiv%C3%A4%C3%A4ri_M/27
https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viljam_Pylk%C3%A4s
You need to watch the Estonian movie "1944"! Also great examples of trench clearing!
The river seen at 21:45 i live near to it and me and my friends have a tradition to go down it every summer
The movie is based on a book of the same name: Tuntematon sotilas by Väinö Linna and there’s also an earlier black/white version from 1950s of the same name made rather soon after the book publishing.👌
Don't use this film as a source of information regarding the order of battle of the Finnish Army.
The most powerful campaign in the summer of 1944 by the Red Army was fought in June and July 1944 in the Karelian Isthmus. The battles of Tali-Ihantala, Äyräpää and Viipurinlahti were were the Soviet Fourth Strategic Strike culminated.
The massed use of artillery and bomber aircraft played a crucial role. Artillery was indispensable in The Battle of Tali-Ihantala in particular. The Finnish artillery had developed the Fire Control Circle, a simple mechanical device which allowed for a spotter to request fire support without knowing where the guns were positioned. In Tali-Ihantala, the Finnish Army had a total of 250 guns at its disposal, capable of being quickly directed to fire on a single target.There was one case where there was intelligence on the exact starting moment of a Soviet armored division, which is when they were hit with everything and the attack never materialized. The German dive bomber unit Detachment Kuhlmey also played an important role in destroying Red Army logistics and command centers in the rear.
You might be interested in this documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH2QibXRsUw
Antti is a real charachter. Real name was Viljam Pylkas
Antti Rokka = Viljam Pylkäs.
And in the movie Rokka kills 52 soviets on the field with his machine gun KP31.
Actually Pylkäs killed 76 with the same armour. There were 45 full loaded magazine and no man to load.
Koskela is usually seen as reasonable officer. As opposed to Lammio, the one who wanted to give inappropriate punishment. And, yes, there was Finnish Air Force but they spent most of their time fighting Sturmoviks and Soviet bombers.
And Antti Rokka did survive the story like the person he is based on. In the novel he jokes that now he is going to be sent back to his family to see if there is new baby.
Oddly I was suprised visiting your land where they refer to me as a Finns as a russians. I lived in England, Nottinghan for 4 years and never had that bother showed in my face. I was and still am offended…deeply.