The Partisans
– Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbac..
Release Date:
22 Feb 1963
Language:
Finnish, German, Russian
Director:
Mikko Niskanen
Writer:
Jouni Apajalahti, Matti Kassila, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Rintala (novel)
Main Actors:
Matti Oravisto, Kauko Laurikainen, Paul Budsko, Heimo Lepistö
Plot:
Lieutenant Takala joins a group of war veterans who gather in a restaurant to reminisce their unit's operations on the Finnish-Soviet front. A flashback takes us back to summer 1944 where the unit, led by Takala, performs dangerous guerrilla operations behind enemy lines. A subplot alleges sexual liaisons between soldiers and female volunteers, which caused controversy when the film and the novel it's based on were released in the early 1960s.
Awards:
4 wins.
Ratings: