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 |
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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
- Martin Bahne as Carl von Munck
- Minna Haapkylä as Maaria Lintu
- Tommi Korpela as Heikki Kiljunen
- Leonid Mozgovoy as Major Gentsch
- Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Sergeant 1st Class Muranen
- Lauri Nurkse as Lieutenant Suutari
- Orvo Björninen as Doctor Perret
- Pauli Poranen as Edvin Lintu
- Roman Schatz as Major Berner
- Hannu Kahakorpi as General Jyrinkoski
References
- ↑ "The Border (Raja 1918)". The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Facts & Figures 2007" (PDF). The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Aro, Tuuve (November 29, 2007). "Raja 1918". MTV3.fi (in Finnish). Bonnier Group. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Raja 1918-elokuva eurooppalaisilla elokuvafestivaaleilla" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland, Kiev. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Peter von Bagh ja Jörn Donner korostivat taiteen merkitystä Suomen historiassa" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ↑ "Raja 1918 (2007) – Credits". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
External links
- Official website (Finnish) (Archived June 27, 2010 at the Wayback Machine)
- The Border at the Internet Movie Database
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