Tali-Ihantala 1944

Year: 2007
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish | Swedish | German
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Action | Drama | War

Director: Åke Lindman | Sakari Kirjavainen

Cast:
Rauno Ahonen … Lieutenant Colonel
Mikkomarkus Ahtiainen
Frank Biermann
Jussi Brech
Mikko Bredenberg … Captain Carl-Birger Kvikant
Riko Eklundh … Colonel Sven Björkman
Marc Gassot … Sergeant Reino Lehväslaiho
Marcus Groth … Major General Ruben Lagus
Johan Hallström … Second Lieutenant Thorbjörnsson
Kari Hevossaari … Lieutenant Puhakka
Aku Hirviniemi
Antti Holma
Jani Honkaselkä
Markku Hyvönen … Lance Corporal Ville Väisänen
Janne Hyytiäinen … Major of Air-force

Plot/Synopsis:

For most Finns, the now-legendary military events of August 1944 have not only gone down as historically legendary, but qualify, to date, as the single largest 20th century battle fought on Scandinavian soil.
That month, in the western part of Finland’s Karelian Isthmus, a cadre of Finnish fighters valiantly fended off waves of incoming enemy forces and successfully protected their country from invasion.
The conflict has since become known as ‘The Battle of Tali-Ihantala; director Ake Lindman recreates the basic events in this sweeping historical epic, honing in on several smaller human stories with the larger conflict as a backdrop. ~ Nathan Southern, Allmovie