The Road of War
8.5/ 10 2 votes 1940-05-19 1h 12m 2 popularity
The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to the Soviet invasion; the battle for Karelia; the bombing of Helsinki and other Finnish cities; as well as the activities of the foreign press corps in Finland and the heroic efforts of Finnish women and the Red Cross in their treatment of the wounded.
Director: Risto Orko
Hilkka Helinä
Narrator (voice)
Kyösti Kallio
Himself
Turo Kartto
Narrator (voice)
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Himself
Väinö Alfred Tanner
Himself