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Ambush

Ambush

Olli Saarela

1999

  • Drama
  • War
6.0

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.

Cast & crew

  • Olli SaarelaDirector
  • Peter FranzénEero Perkola
  • Irina BjörklundKaarina Vainikainen
  • Kari HeiskanenLance Corporal Jussi Lukkari
  • Kari VäänänenCorporal Tauno Snicker
  • Tommi EronenPrivate Simo Karppinen
  • Taisto ReimaluotoCorporal Unto Saarinen
  • Pekka HeikkinenCorporal Evert Rönkkö
  • Pekka HuotariPrivate Martti Raassina

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