The reason why it is called a "molotov coctail" is because when the soviets bombed Finland without a decloration of war in 1939 the foreign minister of soviet union (molotov) claimed they were just dropping bread baskets to the poor finnish people. So we Finns decided to bring coctails to the party.
Yeap don’t underestimate just because you have 150,000 vs 25,000 If you both have good gins that can hold a 5-50 round mag, They can do a lot of shooting or quick reloading too to lower your numbers quicker....
Germany and Russia had famous WWII snipers in movies that were filmed during WWII, Instead of them being on the front line or relaxing for a little....
Artur, so happy to see someone talk about this film. I'm an infantrymen in the U.S. Marine Corps and I truly felt this movie was the most realistic war portrayal of any movie I've ever seen before - same as you. I completely agree with everything you said, including about comparing your training in the military to the movie. Big fan of Finland and now a fan of Estonia. keep up the great work!
They say International version of this movie is not that good as finnish version. They Cut away alot of good material.. finnish version is 179min, international 133min. There are even mini-series witch is longer than finnish version of the movie, but could be hard to find that with decent subs.
You should read the book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_(novel), it had a new English translation 2015. It is even better than any of the three movies made from it.
The international version actually has some scenes that were cut out of the Finnish version. I guess those scenes can be seen in the miniseries which unfortunately is not yet available on DVD/BD.
@@fatherlandchild2780 unfortunately it was a while ago and don't remember the link, but it took me a long time to find it online with decent subtitles. Even still, the subtitles weren't great but I could still tell what the characters were trying to say. I highly recommend watching it if you find it though.
ja se on aika nussittua musta. tietyissä tasoissa ne tuntee syyllisyyttä ja usko pois ei niil oo mikää hyvämieli siitä. Omaki vaari rikkoi kaikki mitallit kukaan ei halunnu vähä vaa pakko.
Just to let you know, there is the original Finnish version and the international version which is an hour shorter. You can watch the original with English subtitles for free here; archive.org/details/tuus1
1:54 More as co-belligerent. "The Finnish uniform were pretty much copy of the nazi uniform." Umm, no. Yes, kinda copy of German uniforms, but not really. And especially not a copy of the nazi uniforms. In 1918 Finnish jägers of the royal Prussian 27th infantry battalion brought a lot of German and German-like equipment back home, but our uniform was more gray than what the Germans had. Helmets, yes same, also some of the WW2-era webbing was like German or from Germany. As for the crosses and medals, we had the swastika as our military and somewhat national symbol from 1918. Long before that failed Austrian painter ever thought of having a nacional socialist party in Germany. So no, not the same. The Molotov coctail was a response to the Molotov breadbaskets. During the winter war Molotov claimed that the Soviet air force were only dropping bread for the Finns. Thing was, those "breads" were incinderiary bombs from the early type of cluster bombs, the "bread baskets". "Oh, you give us some bread? Well, here's a coctail for you!"
Thanks Juho :) You saved me from writing all that. I guess we'll have to explain that swastika thing forever. We indeed had that sign long before Hitler took it.
Finns used Finnish style helmets, Italian helmets, German helmets and Czechoslovakian helmets. The Finnish style helmet was largely a copy of German late WW-I helmet, it was adopted by Finnish army in 1920. Hitler came into power in 1933.
@@epo12epo Also there were Swedish helmets and Finnish Wärtsilä copies of them. Hungarian ones were also plentiful. Finnish metal industry really didn't make that many helmets, mostly we bought the helmets. Only 75 000 were made in Finland. Almost 100 000 M16/17 helmets were bought from WW1 allies between 1919 and 1930. As the winter war came, 75 000 M38 helmets were bought from Hungary. After the winter war, when the Germans viewed us as friendly asset, not as enemy, like during the winter war, we got 70 000 German M35 and M35/42 helmets between 1940-44. In post-war helmet shortage we bought 50 000 M35/40 helmets from Germany in 1955. Then there were the Russian/Soviet helmets from before 1918 and tens of thousands of war trophies from the winter war and continuation war, some French Adrian helmets, 30 000 Swedish volunteer ones and the ones that we bought from them, 30 000 Italian helmets, 50 000 Czech helmets and probably something else that I don't remember. Finland is a helmet collectors dream and nightmare :D
Funfact: Swedish government declined to help Finland in the war as they wanted to keep their neutrality, but they put out a campaign where volunteers can join the war. There was about 2000 if i remember correctly. So respect back to Sweden :D
In the movie one soldier says: "One Finnish soldier is equal to 10 Russian soldiers." To that another soldier, little bit more pessimistic one says: "What about when the eleventh comes?"
During a massed attack a soldier is heard to say "So many Russians!!! where are we going to bury them all?" I forget where I heard that one, it is pretty good.
I always viewed Estonians as brothers too, you are a great and kind folk and I strongly believe that whatever happens, our ties will only get stronger as the time goes.
There was Estonians volunteering for Finland, probably just so get to kill some of their enemies and to protect Finland also. So as a Finn, gotta Always respect estonians for that.
Finland have celebrate 102 years Independence Day this year and I can only see Finns at a winners. Our veterans did the most amazing work at the field and I salute all of them!! ❤️ For me this Finland is the power war skills, awesome fearless soldiers and SISU!! 💕
Actually the Molotov cocktail story is a bit more interesting. Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet minister of foreign affairs during the Winter War actually said in an interview that it is not bombs that Soviets are dropping in Finland but food aid. Because of that the Finns started to call Soviet bombs "Molotov bread baskets" and Molotov cocktail got it's name as a result. Because you need a drink to down that bread with. :)
I'm just glad my boy Vanhala (the dude who's always cracking jokes and giggling) made it to the end. I read the book when I was 10 and he's been my favourite ever since.
I am 50% Finnish. My great great grand parents moved to the united states from Finland in the early 1900s. I most likely (i don't know for sure) had relatives who fought in the winter war or the continuation war. I plan to learn Finnish when I finish learning French. I am more patriotic to Finland ( even though I have never been there) than I am to the United States (where I have lived my entire life).
Have you ever considered living in Finland. We have high quality of life, education with low levels of corruption and well structured state overall. I'm sure you could bring us your patriotic views. Depending on your age, you could still serve in the finnish military if you were to become a citizen, and if not, that's fine too. I'm just saying that you would probably enjoy at least a visit, if not a longer stay in Finland and you would be very welcome to.
have you seen the Soviet-Finnish film "cuckoobird"? Where are the Soviet and Finnish soldiers of WWII times, as well as the Sami woman from the forest meet and talk and each live in their own language? :> Very funny and interesting movie ua-cam.com/video/34qTK6KJZqg/v-deo.html This is the better.
I die in the video at 6:00 itvwas supposed to be longer shot, but was too raw and Mika Orasmaa the filmer said now we got some serious waöking dead material 😅. It was awesome to be part of this movie and i still have lots of friends that i got when we were making it. Was quite emotional to make that scene and put your self in the position of a soldier who is about to lose all he has.. Kariluodon kova kärki eteenpäin! Vanhoille terveiset ja kunnia sankarivainajille, sekä veteraaneille.
I would've wanted to give more likes than one! Thank you for this Artur :) PS. There were a lot of Estonian volunteers fighting in the Finnish army during the continuation war...
This year on the independence day (6.12.2019) I watched all the three versions of Tuntematon sotilas in one day. I only took short bathroom and eating breaks. And although I was laying on my sofa watching those movies for over nine hours, I was pretty much exhausted after that great marathon. I also felt sad because the Soviets had just won 3-0.
Kiitos! Very nice perspective to both this film and to finnish wars. We are brother (or sister if preferred) nations. Estonian warriors fought as voluenteers in finnish wars and we respect them.
Thanks for your words Artur, respect to Estonia aswell! My grandfather fought in the war and made it out alive but my mom said he was not the same person after the war.
I really enjoy watching your videos, no matter what the subject is. History is always interesting. You are a very intelligent person. Greetings from Finland.
The 1955 movie is also great. When you mentioned one man killing a bunch of others, the famous, almost iconic scene of an unknown soldier, when the character Antti Rokka kills about 50 enemies, is based on Viljam Pylkkäs who shot 83 soldiers in Pertjärvi by a submachine gun. Ps. Hacksaw Ridge and Dunkirk are other great lately came up war movies, and 1917 is coming up soon, I recommend all of those movies (all of them are also very different type of war movies).
Hacksaw was a disgrace to war movies. It presented battle as some kind of joke. I hated it. Dunkirk was decent, but it really felt more like a catastrophe movie than one about war.
@@wtfronsson Maybe so, Dunkirk is all about evacuation that was described with words such "colossal military disaster", so if it feels like a catastrophic should that be a good thing? Perhaps Hacksaw Ridge was horrifying the war scenes a little too much, but otherwise great movie.
This movie was made three times and this is the newest version, obviously. I suggest you watch the oldet version too, it was made in the 1950's, so very soon after the war. It's black and white film, and always shown in Finnish television on our independence day, the 6th of December. Thank you, Artur!
They showed the movie to us during my conscript time last year. I slept through half of it, though I had seen it and enjoyed the hell out of it in cinema during my first viewing.
i think the movie teaches a big lesson, that sometimes you have to make the ultimate sacrifice, because if your troops dont know what they are fighting for, being complitely invaded is uninevitable.
A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian". The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian." Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!" The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought... Then silence. Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."
Tack ! Do You know the difference between FINISH LINE vs FINNISH LINE ? By tought / You mean fought ? Otherwise It wouldnt make any sence ! Alla Svenskar kan Finska & All Finnar talar Svenska !
have you seen the Soviet-Finnish film "cuckoobird"? Where are the Soviet and Finnish soldiers of WWII times, as well as the Sami woman from the forest meet and talk and each live in their own language? :> Very funny and interesting movie ua-cam.com/video/34qTK6KJZqg/v-deo.html This is the better.
If the USSR wanted to occupad, it did it. The USSR only changed the border. And the USSR talked with Finland about that one year before. And the USSR could occupad in 39 and 44. But did not do that. Be more realistic.
@@alexeyleontiev7388 USSR tried to occupy and annex Finland, this was part of pact between Molotov and von Ribbentrop. Mikhail Gorbachev recognized that this was criminal act and apologized officially when he was general secretary of USSR. It is true that USSR tried to move border, all the way to sweden's border. We all know how Winter war ended. Maybe watch World War 2 -channel and learn your history.
@@fnbtt Thanks for answer. Gorbachov for USSR is a well known traitor. If USSR wanted to occupy Finland, it croseed the border in 1944( border 1940 years.) But did no do that. USSR could make from Finland Finish Soviet Republic. But signed a paper and open market for Finish goods.
@@alexeyleontiev7388 So it goes on Russia for every head of state. A hero when in power, a traitor afterwards. USSR tried to annex Finland and crossed border in 1939. Original copy of Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact is now publicly available in Russia. It quite clearly states that USSR annexes half of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. Only Finland was able to defend itself with help from Germany. Fact is USSR attacked Finland and was not occupied. Only country in WW2 to manage that.
Found your channel... Cool stuff!!! Keep up the good work!!!!! I just watched this.. Best parts are when there are references to novel "under the north star" (V. Linna). The old lady, Elina Koskela basically looses all her sons one by one. Both my grandfathers came back alive though and my sons great grandpa.. It is important to remember ..this was real and it is impossible to even imagine how hard it was
I loved hearing about the countinueation war and hearing about the film. Also loved the music in the end. As a half finn I love your respect and love to Finland and we love Estonia back! Great strong nordic powerhouse ;) You don’t mess with Estonia!
Oh you've finally watched Unknown soldier. The 2017 version is definitely the best for a modern/foreign audience and as you say I also consider it one of the best war movies ever made, even without my Finnish bias. The older versions of it are even more grim and anti-war in their realism but the speech, attitudes, behaviors and references only make sense to a Finnish audience.
I know this is about Finland but I never thought I’d be so interested in Estonia as an American but I rock w y’all heavy, seems like good prideful people. Can’t wait to visit
Artur!!! Damn brother! I was kinda moved by this! The movie touched me really hard when i went to watch it in movie theater. Unknown Soldier (2017) is one of the best war movies ever made and not saying that because im Finn ;) The song was really nice touch btw! Who doesnt love accordion! :D Keep it up my Estonian brother!
Sorry, my Estonian brother, I have to correct something. Our uniforms were very different from those of the Germans, and we had our own medals - the Germans had various grades of the Iron Cross, we had different grades of the Cross of Freedom (Vapaudenristi) and the Mannerheim Cross. Great you liked the film! Thanks for making your view public!
Finland wouldn't be Finland as we know it today without huge help from Germans in 1944. Basically it could be compared to lend-lease from US to USSR but from Germans to Finns. Things that had most impact were StuGs, Panzerfausts and Detachment Kuhlmey. Germans also fought above arctic circle in very harsh conditions from 1941 to 1944(against soviets) and from 1944 to 1945(against Finns). Ideologically Finland and Nazi-Germany had nothing in common like many other German allies. No puppet governments or anything like that. Great video by the way!
Well finland wouldn't necessarily face war against soviet without nazi germany and they non aggression treaty with soviets! hitler offer finland silver plate for stalin.
@@J4NTT3R1 Stalin had plams to do same in Finland as they did in Ukraine. Difference was that Finland didnt have enough people for such scale Genocide.
A large part of the population would have starved without imports from Germany. The areas lost in Winter War were some of the most fertile in Finland and when their population were evacuated into other parts of Finland, there was a massive shortage of food. This is often forgotten even though it may be one of, if not the biggest reason why Finland would fight alongside Germany later on.
Artur, thanks for your discussion on this movie. I have watched it a several times, very good, realistic movie. BTW I am Karelian on my mothers side. My family is from Viipuri and my mother still remembers taking her sister by the hand and leaving their home for the second and last time in 1944. A high price to pay, however all my honor and respect I give to the Finnish people of that time for fighting for their freedom. It was this heroic stand that allowed me to be born in a free country and has made all the difference in my life, I will forever be indebted to the heroes of Finland and it was truly the whole of Finland that resisted the red scourge of soviet communism that saved Finland. After seeing your discussion, I must now watch the movie gain!
Not long ago there came out a Latvian war movie called "Dvēseļu Putenis". In translation, it means ''Soul Blizzard'' I've seen it's pretty entertaining, and the story is also great.
Nice quick review of the movie, and *very* nice accordion performance. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Accordion is one of the most difficult instruments to master, I’m sure; and for that reason I have immense respect for anyone, who *does* master it. 👍🏻
When I saw this movie I was crying all the time, my gradpma was there and it's so horrible, I'm so proud of my grampa he whent thought it all :( but he survived and made 9 kids and I'm forever loyal to the finnish army
Few corrections: We did not use the same uniforms as the Germans did, our crosses and medallions are similar to German ones because they are influenced by German empire after they helped us win our freedom war against commies and technically Finland did lose the winter war if we look at the fact that we were forced to a peace treaty with losses to ourselves but if we say a win is if you achieve your goals and in the winter war the soviets tried to take the whole of finland south from Oulu not only to get a barrier between leningrad and Finland so the soviets would have lost the war if this is how we think about the win. Plus the only goal we had was to keep our independence so I am convinced that we infact won the winter war.
@@grimmreaper3241 Yhtä perustellusti voisi sanoa, että Suomen kunniamerkit ovat saaneet vaikutteita Venäjän keisarikunnasta. Esim. Vapaudenristi on aika paljon Yrjönristin näköinen ja oloinen.
Hei hei from a finn🇫🇮 in Australia🇦🇺! 💞💖😍😘🥰💖💞 My dad was a baby in the winter war, & he has had scars on his face ever since after a Russian bomb blew out the window above his cot in his room in a Helsinki apartment. His mother, older brother & older sister were all sheltering in another room when that bomb went off. But I've been interested in the winter war ever since. Coz my dad has always been my biggest hero.😍😍😍 yeah... I don't like telling too many people we worked with the Nazi's! So kiitos paljon!
Finnish military followed a lot of German military traditions due to Finnish Jaegers after WWI, however they were not just simple copies. Finnish helmets were also modeled after German helmet.
As a Finn, I want to thank the Estonian volunteers who fought alongside us! (Then a small correction to what you said. Our uniforms were not like nazi uniforms. They were more like those of the Wehrmacht).
There are actually three versions of the film, made in 1955, 1985 and 2017 and all are based on a 1954 novel by Väinö Linna, who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of Finland. The 1955 film is said to be the best Finnish movie ever made.
The Molotov cocktail has even funnier history, once the soviets bombed our towns and Molotov says that they were just dropping food for the hungry workers of Finland, thats when we started calling the bombs "Molotov's bread baskets" and of course we wanned to give something back for the kindness Molotov showed us, so whats more better way than to give back "Molotov's cocktail" burning bottles of sticky gasoline and alchohol made by "Alko" the alchohol company of Finland. Dark humour is how you do well in a war.
my great-grandfather was a sergant major and great-grandmother was a cooking girl/medical helper also known as "lotta" (thats what they were called) during the winter war. we still have their medals, weapons and uniforms from the war. they fought in the region of kainuu more specifically in kuhmo thats right on the eastern border of finland, witch was a noticable region in the war because of the location. if u google it u will find out more. love from finland❤️🇫🇮
@@user-mg9kj8cd2s German uniform dark green mean while Finnish uniform was gray. German had their standard helmet model while finnish used every type helmet they could get their hands on including ww1 helmets. Finns did receive helmets from Germany before operation Barbarossa.
Turha sitä Saksaa on hävetä, olivat hyvällä asialla. Bolshevismi olisi pitänyt hävittää maailmasta mutta pahat länsivallat auttoivat sen voittoon ja syöksivät maailman tälle uralle mikä nyt on tuottanut sotia toisen perään, islamismin invaasion ja vihervasemmistolaisen sekoilun sukupuolipelleilyineen.
Thanks for the high praise! I don't say this out of patriotism (since I'm a Finn), but I also like the gritty theme where people don't just jump from huge fiery explosions and survive everything. That isn't war. That's Hollywood, like you said. And I too, think of Estonia as a "brother" country :) Been visiting there multiple times and it feels familiar to me. That's a good thing.
Love your choice of Finlandia for this film which I love for it's brutal honesty. Like you said for those of us whove been in the service should see this film because no matter your experience you will relate. I especially love how the routine is shown as a repeated slug out with occasionally different scenery.
important things to know about Tuntematon Sotilas 1955 version is the best 1985 throw it to the trash 2017 dont watch the movie, watch the series and also etulinjan edessä and tali-ihantala 1944 are also great movies
There was a dear Finn friend who I invited to my book club. It was his turn to pick a book, and he picked the English translation of Unknown Soldiers. Despite him telling me that there's so much of the language the English translation misses, it is by far the best war novel I had ever read.
Väinö Linna wrote pretty much from own experiences at war. Whole novel is true life seens names and places changed. So it is no wonder if it is best war novel.
Hi from norway, i recommend you to watch Max Manus its a ww2 based movie about norwegian resistance against the nazi occupation. And a veteran from the winter war
The one thing I have to give this version over the original 1955-version, is that in this version, there are a few scenes that were not in the original, such as the ones depicting Rokka’s home life.
Arthur, there was error i found from the movie. No one else saw it 😄. So, i do not remember at what point it was, but in that scene soldiers laid at the ground and camera shooted sky. If you look really closely (it was easier at theater of course) you can see one small red dot blinking at sky. That is international space station, that of course didnt existed back then 😄. And i love this mug btw
@@regansikola5990 Bro, sky is fucking dark, so how about shading it to background? Of course they would have done that, but i bet that film maker didnt notice it either
@@regansikola5990 Yeah no one has invented After Effects yet. So nothing they could do. (I don't mind this tiny flaw but your comment is embarrassing).
@@regansikola5990 There were multiple modern structures modified to look like 1940s environment, either by practical or digital effects. The bridge that blows up at the end is actually a modern concrete one at Läsäkoski on highway VT13. OFC a major Finnish road bridge wasn't blown up, it "collapsed" by digital editing. Removing a red dot is nothing.
There were almost 3300 volunteer Estonians in the Finnish Army. Many of them gave their lives for free Finland. We are forever grateful for these men. Actually, the movie is not a war movie in the classic sense. The war is just the surroundings, the background for the actual story, A drama about how the characters and relationships between them develop during the 3 years of war. This is better seen in the original book. I warmly recommend reading the novel "Unknown Soldier" (also available in Estonian, and more than 20 other languages) by author Väinö Linna. Linna served as a nco in a MG company. This fictional MG company and many of the characters are loosely based on the men he served with.
The reason why it is called a "molotov coctail" is because when the soviets bombed Finland without a decloration of war in 1939 the foreign minister of soviet union (molotov) claimed they were just dropping bread baskets to the poor finnish people.
So we Finns decided to bring coctails to the party.
RRAB 3 was a clusterbomb called Molotovs breadbasket.
Bread was too dry
So true.
Peruna Jäbä that was also the reason why we Finns told the Soviets to come to our side and get some butter on their bread.
Kettumaki12 oli niit kyl ranskas eka
The scene where Rokka shoots almost 60 men is based on actual event, where a finnish soldier named Viljam Pylkäs killed 83 russians on the ice.
@Franklin Clinton thank you franklin very cool
Even the germans noticed that and gave him an iron cross. Pylkäs suffered "bad dreams" about 20 years after that.
@@panupeltonen Pylkkään omia sanoja: siellä jaettiin ristilöisii ja sit tais jäädä yks ylimääränen ku ne mulle anto yhden" :D
Same in english: they handed out some iron crosses. i guess they had one to spare since the gave me one!
Yeap don’t underestimate just because you have 150,000 vs 25,000 If you both have good gins that can hold a 5-50 round mag, They can do a lot of shooting or quick reloading too to lower your numbers quicker....
We had estonian volunteers and we finns never forget it.
For sure we won't!
Yes, and those who went home after that, was NOT treated well by Soviet Union. ......................
We will not forget, for sure.
Thank you, estonian veterans.
Karpo had a great documentary about "Soomepoisid" ua-cam.com/video/o8KGPY0XEU8/v-deo.html
brings me to tears every time
edit: updated link
1955 version of this movie has actors that actually had been in that war.
Imagine them re living that hell
Keitten näyttelijät oli??
@@juustohoyla666 vaikka Koskelan eli Kosti Klemelä, eiköhän nuo kaikki näyttelijät sotineet ketkä olivat saavuttaneet täysi-ikäisyyden 1944 mennessä.
Germany and Russia had famous WWII snipers in movies that were filmed during WWII, Instead of them being on the front line or relaxing for a little....
@@DYLANJJK94 ???? Just quest. you mean häyhä in the front? Different war.
Artur, so happy to see someone talk about this film. I'm an infantrymen in the U.S. Marine Corps and I truly felt this movie was the most realistic war portrayal of any movie I've ever seen before - same as you. I completely agree with everything you said, including about comparing your training in the military to the movie. Big fan of Finland and now a fan of Estonia. keep up the great work!
Where did you see The film? :)
They say International version of this movie is not that good as finnish version. They Cut away alot of good material.. finnish version is 179min, international 133min. There are even mini-series witch is longer than finnish version of the movie, but could be hard to find that with decent subs.
You should read the book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_(novel), it had a new English translation 2015. It is even better than any of the three movies made from it.
The international version actually has some scenes that were cut out of the Finnish version. I guess those scenes can be seen in the miniseries which unfortunately is not yet available on DVD/BD.
@@fatherlandchild2780 unfortunately it was a while ago and don't remember the link, but it took me a long time to find it online with decent subtitles. Even still, the subtitles weren't great but I could still tell what the characters were trying to say. I highly recommend watching it if you find it though.
the Finnish movie theaters showed the movie free of charge to the Finnish war veterans and they had been crying the whole time it was too realistic
@kessu juu totta mutta tarkoitin että yleiseltä tunnelmaltaan osa kohtauksista on tosiaan vähän sillee häh
I wish Canada would give our vets more free things instead if just a coffee and meal one day a year on our version of VE Day.
@kessu Nyt on kyllä on jooo universumit lähteny paikoiltaan
ja se on aika nussittua musta. tietyissä tasoissa ne tuntee syyllisyyttä ja usko pois ei niil oo mikää hyvämieli siitä. Omaki vaari rikkoi kaikki mitallit kukaan ei halunnu vähä vaa pakko.
Really?
Love Estonia from Finland
Me 2
Ryssä änki tuohon väliin mutta veljiä ollaan
Terve veljet ja sisaret!
My great uncle fought in the winter war, for Finland, joined American army, trained rifle teams on skid for ww2. Great Finn. Brave.
I just purchased this movie. I am an American and have deep respect for the Finns. It arrived today and I will watch it on Sunday.
Just to let you know, there is the original Finnish version and the international version which is an hour shorter. You can watch the original with English subtitles for free here; archive.org/details/tuus1
You should get the mini series as well, its much longer than even the Finnish version.
Enjoy :)
Mark Hudson, have you watched the movie yet
@@hilmust6278 Sorry to have been so long to respond. Yes, I have watched it twice.
My great grandfather was in Finland during the first attack on Finland and he helped the Finns during the war sorry im from Sweden and I have dyslexia
Nah, We All read your well written comment fine and didn’t notice your dyslexia.
Respect
The Swastika actually wasn't even German of origin. We've had our own one since before the Nazis had even thought of using it.
Yep, in our good old South Karelia, we still use that symbol on our military flag ;)
Karjalaiset ;)
@@allmech_BMW_fault_finding It's also in the Presidential flag.
And they are reversed, remember that distinction
The Buddhists even had one long before Nazi Germany put it on a 90 degree angle.
Actually many different Swastikas across the White world representing Gods and Goddesses and different things going back to the Ice Age.
1:54 More as co-belligerent. "The Finnish uniform were pretty much copy of the nazi uniform." Umm, no. Yes, kinda copy of German uniforms, but not really. And especially not a copy of the nazi uniforms. In 1918 Finnish jägers of the royal Prussian 27th infantry battalion brought a lot of German and German-like equipment back home, but our uniform was more gray than what the Germans had. Helmets, yes same, also some of the WW2-era webbing was like German or from Germany. As for the crosses and medals, we had the swastika as our military and somewhat national symbol from 1918. Long before that failed Austrian painter ever thought of having a nacional socialist party in Germany. So no, not the same.
The Molotov coctail was a response to the Molotov breadbaskets. During the winter war Molotov claimed that the Soviet air force were only dropping bread for the Finns. Thing was, those "breads" were incinderiary bombs from the early type of cluster bombs, the "bread baskets". "Oh, you give us some bread? Well, here's a coctail for you!"
Asiaa.
Harvoin näkee, että on kaikki faktat kohdallaan noin pitkässä kommentissa :)
Thanks Juho :) You saved me from writing all that. I guess we'll have to explain that swastika thing forever. We indeed had that sign long before Hitler took it.
Finland started using a swastika in 1918 which was way before nazis
Finns used Finnish style helmets, Italian helmets, German helmets and Czechoslovakian helmets. The Finnish style helmet was largely a copy of German late WW-I helmet, it was adopted by Finnish army in 1920. Hitler came into power in 1933.
@@epo12epo Also there were Swedish helmets and Finnish Wärtsilä copies of them. Hungarian ones were also plentiful. Finnish metal industry really didn't make that many helmets, mostly we bought the helmets. Only 75 000 were made in Finland.
Almost 100 000 M16/17 helmets were bought from WW1 allies between 1919 and 1930. As the winter war came, 75 000 M38 helmets were bought from Hungary. After the winter war, when the Germans viewed us as friendly asset, not as enemy, like during the winter war, we got 70 000 German M35 and M35/42 helmets between 1940-44. In post-war helmet shortage we bought 50 000 M35/40 helmets from Germany in 1955.
Then there were the Russian/Soviet helmets from before 1918 and tens of thousands of war trophies from the winter war and continuation war, some French Adrian helmets, 30 000 Swedish volunteer ones and the ones that we bought from them, 30 000 Italian helmets, 50 000 Czech helmets and probably something else that I don't remember. Finland is a helmet collectors dream and nightmare :D
Respect for Finland greetings from Sweden
Funfact: Swedish government declined to help Finland in the war as they wanted to keep their neutrality, but they put out a campaign where volunteers can join the war. There was about 2000 if i remember correctly. So respect back to Sweden :D
Main character of the Unknown Soldier is the machine gun company itself.
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The Independence day is coming, its on the 6th.
I know.
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@AIMCS nii
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Hyvää itsenäisyys päivää!!
In the movie one soldier says: "One Finnish soldier is equal to 10 Russian soldiers."
To that another soldier, little bit more pessimistic one says: "What about when the eleventh comes?"
And the idiom ends with; "Then we'll have to get a second Fin."
Wounded the eleventh so it take 2-3 ruski to carry it to medic.
Then send a 2nd Fin and 9 more Russian, Or did they use “Belarussians” And Ukrainians as canon father ?
During a massed attack a soldier is heard to say "So many Russians!!! where are we going to bury them all?" I forget where I heard that one, it is pretty good.
in 1944 they keeped mum
Soomepoisid are still remembered with great respect and gratitude in Finland. Thank you.
I knew you would get to this topic eventually. Been waiting for this for a long time.
You should also see "talvisota" movie, that is about winterwar, true masterpiece as well
I always viewed Estonians as brothers too, you are a great and kind folk and I strongly believe that whatever happens, our ties will only get stronger as the time goes.
There was Estonians volunteering for Finland, probably just so get to kill some of their enemies and to protect Finland also. So as a Finn, gotta Always respect estonians for that.
Finland have celebrate 102 years Independence Day this year and I can only see Finns at a winners. Our veterans did the most amazing work at the field and I salute all of them!! ❤️ For me this Finland is the power war skills, awesome fearless soldiers and SISU!! 💕
Actually the Molotov cocktail story is a bit more interesting. Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet minister of foreign affairs during the Winter War actually said in an interview that it is not bombs that Soviets are dropping in Finland but food aid. Because of that the Finns started to call Soviet bombs "Molotov bread baskets" and Molotov cocktail got it's name as a result. Because you need a drink to down that bread with. :)
Best wishes to Estonia and Artur Rehi from Finland!
I'm just glad my boy Vanhala (the dude who's always cracking jokes and giggling) made it to the end. I read the book when I was 10 and he's been my favourite ever since.
I am 50% Finnish. My great great grand parents moved to the united states from Finland in the early 1900s. I most likely (i don't know for sure) had relatives who fought in the winter war or the continuation war. I plan to learn Finnish when I finish learning French. I am more patriotic to Finland ( even though I have never been there) than I am to the United States (where I have lived my entire life).
Have you ever considered living in Finland. We have high quality of life, education with low levels of corruption and well structured state overall. I'm sure you could bring us your patriotic views. Depending on your age, you could still serve in the finnish military if you were to become a citizen, and if not, that's fine too.
I'm just saying that you would probably enjoy at least a visit, if not a longer stay in Finland and you would be very welcome to.
@@mattilaiho7979 I plan to go on a trip to Finland after a graduate from high school. I also want to know more about my family.
@@fishmansf4 Great! Good luck with your studies as well.
have you seen the Soviet-Finnish film "cuckoobird"? Where are the Soviet and Finnish soldiers of WWII times, as well as the Sami woman from the forest meet and talk and each live in their own language? :> Very funny and interesting movie ua-cam.com/video/34qTK6KJZqg/v-deo.html This is the better.
@@mattilaiho7979 Sinä kuule matti patti et taida ymmärtää missä tilassa suomi on rikollinen virkamiesmafia ajaa suomen konkurssiin.
I die in the video at 6:00 itvwas supposed to be longer shot, but was too raw and Mika Orasmaa the filmer said now we got some serious waöking dead material 😅. It was awesome to be part of this movie and i still have lots of friends that i got when we were making it. Was quite emotional to make that scene and put your self in the position of a soldier who is about to lose all he has.. Kariluodon kova kärki eteenpäin! Vanhoille terveiset ja kunnia sankarivainajille, sekä veteraaneille.
I would've wanted to give more likes than one! Thank you for this Artur :)
PS. There were a lot of Estonian volunteers fighting in the Finnish army during the continuation war...
Yeah, quite many estonians wanted to fight against soviet union, going to finland was their best chance.
Thanks for suggesting; really one of the best war films.Greetings from Germany:)
Thank you for the movie recommendation I'm definitely going to watch this week
Prepare yourself for a hell of a ride, mate.
Artur you should react do some finnish independence songs 6th of december is the finnish independence day
YAAAASSS
Yes!
Finland and Estonia have the same Anthem dude
Yes
@@carolynquintana7430 Almost. The melody is the same. In Finnish version though the end is repeated. Naturally the words are different.
This year on the independence day (6.12.2019) I watched all the three versions of Tuntematon sotilas in one day. I only took short bathroom and eating breaks. And although I was laying on my sofa watching those movies for over nine hours, I was pretty much exhausted after that great marathon. I also felt sad because the Soviets had just won 3-0.
Kiitos! Very nice perspective to both this film and to finnish wars. We are brother (or sister if preferred) nations. Estonian warriors fought as voluenteers in finnish wars and we respect them.
Thanks for your words Artur, respect to Estonia aswell! My grandfather fought in the war and made it out alive but my mom said he was not the same person after the war.
Yeah, I was just about to say that this movie was released just this year in the United States as Unknown Soldier. And I agree, it was a great film.
I really enjoy watching your videos, no matter what the subject is. History is always interesting. You are a very intelligent person. Greetings from Finland.
The 1955 movie is also great. When you mentioned one man killing a bunch of others, the famous, almost iconic scene of an unknown soldier, when the character Antti Rokka kills about 50 enemies, is based on Viljam Pylkkäs who shot 83 soldiers in Pertjärvi by a submachine gun.
Ps. Hacksaw Ridge and Dunkirk are other great lately came up war movies, and 1917 is coming up soon, I recommend all of those movies (all of them are also very different type of war movies).
Hacksaw was a disgrace to war movies. It presented battle as some kind of joke. I hated it. Dunkirk was decent, but it really felt more like a catastrophe movie than one about war.
@@wtfronsson
Maybe so, Dunkirk is all about evacuation that was described with words such "colossal military disaster", so if it feels like a catastrophic should that be a good thing? Perhaps Hacksaw Ridge was horrifying the war scenes a little too much, but otherwise great movie.
@@wtfronsson I loved how Spitfires frame were howling in tight turns.
Your commentation about the movie or series, as i call it. It made me watch it again with different aspects. I thank you for that.
There are actually two more "Tuntematon sotilas" movies that were made in 1955 and 1985
Thank you, sir. You're very kind! This video just made my day. Kiitos!
This movie was made three times and this is the newest version, obviously. I suggest you watch the oldet version too, it was made in the 1950's, so very soon after the war. It's black and white film, and always shown in Finnish television on our independence day, the 6th of December.
Thank you, Artur!
Thank you to our Veterans, including the Estonian volunteers. Finland 102 years!
They showed the movie to us during my conscript time last year. I slept through half of it, though I had seen it and enjoyed the hell out of it in cinema during my first viewing.
i think the movie teaches a big lesson, that sometimes you have to make the ultimate sacrifice, because if your troops dont know what they are fighting for, being complitely invaded is uninevitable.
A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian".
The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian."
Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!"
The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought...
Then silence.
Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."
My grandfather fought on the Soviet side and my other grandfather fought on the finnish side. He was Swedish volunteer. 🇸🇪🇫🇮 Finish brother.
Tack ! Do You know the difference between FINISH LINE vs FINNISH LINE ? By tought / You mean fought ? Otherwise It wouldnt make any sence ! Alla Svenskar kan Finska & All Finnar talar Svenska !
@@holoholopainen1627 It's obvious the last idiot isn't born yet. Is it that hard to pay respect to the soldiers who fought in this war? Fck you.
have you seen the Soviet-Finnish film "cuckoobird"? Where are the Soviet and Finnish soldiers of WWII times, as well as the Sami woman from the forest meet and talk and each live in their own language? :> Very funny and interesting movie ua-cam.com/video/34qTK6KJZqg/v-deo.html This is the better.
Attacked by Soviet Union and not occupied, not many countries on that list.
Something to be proud of :)
If the USSR wanted to occupad, it did it. The USSR only changed the border. And the USSR talked with Finland about that one year before. And the USSR could occupad in 39 and 44. But did not do that. Be more realistic.
@@alexeyleontiev7388 USSR tried to occupy and annex Finland, this was part of pact between Molotov and von Ribbentrop. Mikhail Gorbachev recognized that this was criminal act and apologized officially when he was general secretary of USSR. It is true that USSR tried to move border, all the way to sweden's border. We all know how Winter war ended. Maybe watch World War 2 -channel and learn your history.
@@fnbtt Thanks for answer. Gorbachov for USSR is a well known traitor. If USSR wanted to occupy Finland, it croseed the border in 1944( border 1940 years.) But did no do that. USSR could make from Finland Finish Soviet Republic. But signed a paper and open market for Finish goods.
@@alexeyleontiev7388 So it goes on Russia for every head of state. A hero when in power, a traitor afterwards. USSR tried to annex Finland and crossed border in 1939. Original copy of Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact is now publicly available in Russia. It quite clearly states that USSR annexes half of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. Only Finland was able to defend itself with help from Germany. Fact is USSR attacked Finland and was not occupied. Only country in WW2 to manage that.
Wasnt looking at the screen when njet molotov started and then I come back and the mad lad is playing it himself! Applauds
Love Estonia from Finland 🤝❤️
Found your channel... Cool stuff!!! Keep up the good work!!!!! I just watched this.. Best parts are when there are references to novel "under the north star" (V. Linna). The old lady, Elina Koskela basically looses all her sons one by one. Both my grandfathers came back alive though and my sons great grandpa.. It is important to remember ..this was real and it is impossible to even imagine how hard it was
I loved hearing about the countinueation war and hearing about the film. Also loved the music in the end. As a half finn I love your respect and love to Finland and we love Estonia back! Great strong nordic powerhouse ;) You don’t mess with Estonia!
Oh you've finally watched Unknown soldier.
The 2017 version is definitely the best for a modern/foreign audience and as you say I also consider it one of the best war movies ever made, even without my Finnish bias.
The older versions of it are even more grim and anti-war in their realism but the speech, attitudes, behaviors and references only make sense to a Finnish audience.
I know this is about Finland but I never thought I’d be so interested in Estonia as an American but I rock w y’all heavy, seems like good prideful people. Can’t wait to visit
Nice video my dear neighbor, also Finlandia playing in the background is perfect! Happy Independence Day to 102 year old Finland!
Artur!!! Damn brother! I was kinda moved by this! The movie touched me really hard when i went to watch it in movie theater. Unknown Soldier (2017) is one of the best war movies ever made and not saying that because im Finn ;) The song was really nice touch btw! Who doesnt love accordion! :D Keep it up my Estonian brother!
Sorry, my Estonian brother, I have to correct something. Our uniforms were very different from those of the Germans, and we had our own medals - the Germans had various grades of the Iron Cross, we had different grades of the Cross of Freedom (Vapaudenristi) and the Mannerheim Cross. Great you liked the film! Thanks for making your view public!
Finland wouldn't be Finland as we know it today without huge help from Germans in 1944. Basically it could be compared to lend-lease from US to USSR but from Germans to Finns. Things that had most impact were StuGs, Panzerfausts and Detachment Kuhlmey. Germans also fought above arctic circle in very harsh conditions from 1941 to 1944(against soviets) and from 1944 to 1945(against Finns). Ideologically Finland and Nazi-Germany had nothing in common like many other German allies. No puppet governments or anything like that. Great video by the way!
Well finland wouldn't necessarily face war against soviet without nazi germany and they non aggression treaty with soviets! hitler offer finland silver plate for stalin.
@@almightybunny3320 Not maybe so soon but sooner or later USSR would have done something. It was just a matter of time.
@@J4NTT3R1 Stalin had plams to do same in Finland as they did in Ukraine.
Difference was that Finland didnt have enough people for such scale Genocide.
A large part of the population would have starved without imports from Germany. The areas lost in Winter War were some of the most fertile in Finland and when their population were evacuated into other parts of Finland, there was a massive shortage of food. This is often forgotten even though it may be one of, if not the biggest reason why Finland would fight alongside Germany later on.
I love it when you play for us. There isn't anywhere I can go, that I know of, that I can hear this music. Thank you!
"we might have different cultures, but our culture is the same" XD love this guy, no homo
Thank you for this! Greetings from Finland 😊
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aitäh soomepoisid! Thank you estonian volunteers who served alongside finns in the continuation war!
Artur, thanks for your discussion on this movie. I have watched it a several times, very good, realistic movie. BTW I am Karelian on my mothers side. My family is from Viipuri and my mother still remembers taking her sister by the hand and leaving their home for the second and last time in 1944. A high price to pay, however all my honor and respect I give to the Finnish people of that time for fighting for their freedom. It was this heroic stand that allowed me to be born in a free country and has made all the difference in my life, I will forever be indebted to the heroes of Finland and it was truly the whole of Finland that resisted the red scourge of soviet communism that saved Finland. After seeing your discussion, I must now watch the movie gain!
2:56 I just want to pay my respects for this guy for holding the fun like that.
I'm actually watching this on Amazon prime video right now
Was it the original 3 h version, or the one that was cut shorter? Based on what I have heard you should definitely see original.
If you really want the whole deal you should watch the series wich lasts 4 h 30 min
Not long ago there came out a Latvian war movie called "Dvēseļu Putenis". In translation, it means ''Soul Blizzard'' I've seen it's pretty entertaining, and the story is also great.
Nice quick review of the movie, and *very* nice accordion performance. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Accordion is one of the most difficult instruments to master, I’m sure; and for that reason I have immense respect for anyone, who *does* master it. 👍🏻
When I saw this movie I was crying all the time, my gradpma was there and it's so horrible, I'm so proud of my grampa he whent thought it all :( but he survived and made 9 kids and I'm forever loyal to the finnish army
In depth of honour. Eesti mees, veljet. Yhdessä olemme vahvoja.
Im going to Estonia on The winter hope to enjoy IT
Your comment 0:48-0:56 almost make me cry! We are true brothers!🇫🇮🇪🇪🇫🇮❤️❤️
Few corrections: We did not use the same uniforms as the Germans did, our crosses and medallions are similar to German ones because they are influenced by German empire after they helped us win our freedom war against commies and technically Finland did lose the winter war if we look at the fact that we were forced to a peace treaty with losses to ourselves but if we say a win is if you achieve your goals and in the winter war the soviets tried to take the whole of finland south from Oulu not only to get a barrier between leningrad and Finland so the soviets would have lost the war if this is how we think about the win. Plus the only goal we had was to keep our independence so I am convinced that we infact won the winter war.
Our crosses and medallions are NOT the same as the German ones.
@@timoterava7108 niihän se sano me oltii saatu vain vaikutteita saksan keisarikunnan aikaisesta saksasta meidän mitalleihin
@@grimmreaper3241 Yhtä perustellusti voisi sanoa, että Suomen kunniamerkit ovat saaneet vaikutteita Venäjän keisarikunnasta. Esim. Vapaudenristi on aika paljon Yrjönristin näköinen ja oloinen.
@@timoterava7108 en kiellä molempien maiden mitalleista on tullut vaikutteita
Hei hei from a finn🇫🇮 in Australia🇦🇺!
💞💖😍😘🥰💖💞
My dad was a baby in the winter war, & he has had scars on his face ever since after a Russian bomb blew out the window above his cot in his room in a Helsinki apartment. His mother, older brother & older sister were all sheltering in another room when that bomb went off. But I've been interested in the winter war ever since. Coz my dad has always been my biggest hero.😍😍😍 yeah... I don't like telling too many people we worked with the Nazi's! So kiitos paljon!
The director Aku Louhimies did an amazing job with the movie!
Finnish military followed a lot of German military traditions due to Finnish Jaegers after WWI, however they were not just simple copies. Finnish helmets were also modeled after German helmet.
As a Finn, I want to thank the Estonian volunteers who fought alongside us! (Then a small correction to what you said. Our uniforms were not like nazi uniforms. They were more like those of the Wehrmacht).
There are actually three versions of the film, made in 1955, 1985 and 2017 and all are based on a 1954 novel by Väinö Linna, who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of Finland. The 1955 film is said to be the best Finnish movie ever made.
The Molotov cocktail has even funnier history, once the soviets bombed our towns and Molotov says that they were just dropping food for the hungry workers of Finland, thats when we started calling the bombs "Molotov's bread baskets" and of course we wanned to give something back for the kindness Molotov showed us, so whats more better way than to give back "Molotov's cocktail" burning bottles of sticky gasoline and alchohol made by "Alko" the alchohol company of Finland. Dark humour is how you do well in a war.
my great-grandfather was a sergant major and great-grandmother was a cooking girl/medical helper also known as "lotta" (thats what they were called) during the winter war. we still have their medals, weapons and uniforms from the war. they fought in the region of kainuu more specifically in kuhmo thats right on the eastern border of finland, witch was a noticable region in the war because of the location. if u google it u will find out more. love from finland❤️🇫🇮
Finnish uniforms were actually closer to Swedish uniforms than German. Even the helmets are the Model 1940 Swedish helmets.
The helmet design is purely German. Although I guess they based the idea on a Roman empire helmet or something.
Well done there Artur, one of the reviews I actually enjoyed! Hyvä homma 😊✊🏻
No we didn't had same uniforms.
Basically same?
@@user-mg9kj8cd2s German uniform dark green mean while Finnish uniform was gray.
German had their standard helmet model while finnish used every type helmet they could get their hands on including ww1 helmets. Finns did receive helmets from Germany before operation Barbarossa.
@@akselijalonen2372 most of the helmets were hungarian m38
Saman tyyliset kuitenkin.
Turha sitä Saksaa on hävetä, olivat hyvällä asialla. Bolshevismi olisi pitänyt hävittää maailmasta mutta pahat länsivallat auttoivat sen voittoon ja syöksivät maailman tälle uralle mikä nyt on tuottanut sotia toisen perään, islamismin invaasion ja vihervasemmistolaisen sekoilun sukupuolipelleilyineen.
Thanks for the high praise! I don't say this out of patriotism (since I'm a Finn), but I also like the gritty theme where people don't just jump from huge fiery explosions and survive everything. That isn't war. That's Hollywood, like you said.
And I too, think of Estonia as a "brother" country :) Been visiting there multiple times and it feels familiar to me. That's a good thing.
I personally stick to 1955 version.
But glad to see you enjoying it and noting
on .."non-hollywoody"-? realism of it.
Love your choice of Finlandia for this film which I love for it's brutal honesty. Like you said for those of us whove been in the service should see this film because no matter your experience you will relate. I especially love how the routine is shown as a repeated slug out with occasionally different scenery.
Next movie which you should watch:
Talvisota ,from 1989.
That's the best Finnish war film.
Thank you! Great to have allies like you on our side!
That's what i call a good reaction
I love the Finlandia Hymn on the background. Aitäh Artur.
This video is kinda deep, good work, u analyzed it well ;)
Finland lost the war but gain the independence. That´s how it is remembered here in Finland. Good video. Thank you! :) :D
The tv-series version is deep. Watch it if you havent already. :)
important things to know about Tuntematon Sotilas
1955 version is the best
1985 throw it to the trash
2017 dont watch the movie, watch the series
and also etulinjan edessä and tali-ihantala 1944 are also great movies
There was a dear Finn friend who I invited to my book club. It was his turn to pick a book, and he picked the English translation of Unknown Soldiers. Despite him telling me that there's so much of the language the English translation misses, it is by far the best war novel I had ever read.
Väinö Linna wrote pretty much from own experiences at war. Whole novel is true life seens names and places changed. So it is no wonder if it is best war novel.
Hi from norway, i recommend you to watch Max Manus its a ww2 based movie about norwegian resistance against the nazi occupation. And a veteran from the winter war
Seen it. It's a good one too!
not that good as tuntematon sotilas
The one thing I have to give this version over the original 1955-version, is that in this version, there are a few scenes that were not in the original, such as the ones depicting Rokka’s home life.
Love estonia !
Kiitos Veli hyvästä arvostelusta 👍
Hey man im new to this channel awsome content and keep it up
My grandmas dad and his 2 brothers fought in the Continuation War, only 2 of them came home
Arthur, there was error i found from the movie. No one else saw it 😄.
So, i do not remember at what point it was, but in that scene soldiers laid at the ground and camera shooted sky.
If you look really closely (it was easier at theater of course) you can see one small red dot blinking at sky. That is international space station, that of course didnt existed back then 😄.
And i love this mug btw
What did you want the film maker to do? Get a time machine and go back? That's be something they had no control over
@@regansikola5990 Bro, sky is fucking dark, so how about shading it to background?
Of course they would have done that, but i bet that film maker didnt notice it either
@@regansikola5990 Yeah no one has invented After Effects yet. So nothing they could do.
(I don't mind this tiny flaw but your comment is embarrassing).
@@regansikola5990 There were multiple modern structures modified to look like 1940s environment, either by practical or digital effects. The bridge that blows up at the end is actually a modern concrete one at Läsäkoski on highway VT13. OFC a major Finnish road bridge wasn't blown up, it "collapsed" by digital editing. Removing a red dot is nothing.
@@Unknown1355 ok
There were almost 3300 volunteer Estonians in the Finnish Army. Many of them gave their lives for free Finland. We are forever grateful for these men.
Actually, the movie is not a war movie in the classic sense. The war is just the surroundings, the background for the actual story, A drama about how the characters and relationships between them develop during the 3 years of war. This is better seen in the original book.
I warmly recommend reading the novel "Unknown Soldier" (also available in Estonian, and more than 20 other languages) by author Väinö Linna. Linna served as a nco in a MG company. This fictional MG company and many of the characters are loosely based on the men he served with.