The unknown soldier is one of the most famous war film in Finland.  The film is directed by Rauni Mollberg and released in 1985. The film is based on a novel written by  Väinö Linna and it has already made one film that has been released thirty years earlier, in 1955.

film tells about the war between Finland and Russia, which began in 1941 and ended in 1945. Leading role the movie is a machine gun company who left to continue the war, but, unfortunately, some of the men do not return to the end of war, but many of the men are dead and another seriously wounded. Machine-gun company common finnish soldiers are men and the movie they act normal finnish actors.

machine-gun company has a total of 20 soldiers, but the best of them is Antero Rokka and he plays Paavo Liski. Antero Rokka that is fast, accurate and careful soldier, but it is not always enough, as he also wounded in the war at the last moment. Paavo Liski managed to act very well, and he was rewarded to JUSSI award.

the movie does not have any background music, unless it is a part of the film, for example, a soldier sings drunk or someone is listening to music gramophone. But the film’s special effects seemed and sound quite real, which made the film finer.

in my opinion, the movie was really good and really interesting, it is even better than Edvid Laine’s earlier film, directed by the same screenplay, because Mollmberg used the younger actors. I recommend the movie to all who are interested in their country’s history and otherwise patriotic people