The Road of War

1h 12m
Documentary
7

The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to the Soviet invasion; the battle for Karelia; the bombing of Helsinki and other Finnish cities; as well as the activities of the foreign press corps in Finland and the heroic efforts of Finnish women and the Red Cross in their treatment of the wounded.

Cast

Hilkka Helinä
Narrator (voice)
Kyösti Kallio
Himself
Turo Kartto
Narrator (voice)
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Himself
Väinö Alfred Tanner
Himself

Crew

Risto Orko
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
Topo Leistelä
Writer
Turo Kartto
Writer

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