The Border (2007 film)

The Border
Directed by Lauri Törhönen
Produced by Jörn Donner
Jarkko Hentula
Written by Aleksi Bardy
Lauri Törhönen
Starring Martin Bahne
Minna Haapkylä
Tommi Korpela
Leonid Mozgovoy
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Music by Sergei Yevtushenko
Cinematography Esa Vuorinen
Edited by Kimmo Kohtamäki
Production
company
Border Productions
The Hermitage Bridge Studio
Studio 217
Distributed by FS Film
Release dates
  • November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30) (Finland)
  • December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17) (Russia)
Running time
114 minutes
Country Finland
Russia
Language Finnish, Swedish, German, Russian
Budget €2.1 million[1]
Box office €382,151 (Finland)[2]

The Border (Finnish: Raja 1918, Russian: Граница 1918, tr. Granitsa 1918) is a 2007 Finnish-Russian war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen. Set in the spring of 1918, right after the Finnish Civil War, the film is about a Finnish soldier who is sent to the village of Rajajoki to form a border between Finland and Soviet Russia.[3][4]

The film is based on Jörn Donner's fathers Kai Donner's experions post-civil war period in the Finland. The movies main character Carl von Munck is based to Kai Donner. [5]

Cast

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References

  1. "The Border (Raja 1918)". The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  2. "Facts & Figures 2007" (PDF). The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  3. Aro, Tuuve (November 29, 2007). "Raja 1918". MTV3.fi (in Finnish). Bonnier Group. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  4. "Raja 1918-elokuva eurooppalaisilla elokuvafestivaaleilla" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland, Kiev. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  5. "Peter von Bagh ja Jörn Donner korostivat taiteen merkitystä Suomen historiassa" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. "Raja 1918 (2007) – Credits". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 3, 2012.

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