Released:
1957-10-16

Overview:
It is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive shooting between Finnish and Soviet troops takes place. The Soviet occupation is strong, and on the Finnish side it is ordered to withdraw. But Captain Viktor Aaltonen does not listen to the order but wants to shorten a wounded companion's suffering. Aaltonen is taken to the Soviet prison camp, Vorkuta, where he will spend a decade.

Director:
Arne Mattsson

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
War, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Jarl Kulle
  as
  Viktor Aaltonen
• 
  Margit Carlqvist
  as
  Astrid Bergas
• 
  Lars Ekborg
  as
  Raul Bergas
• 
  Kolbjörn Knudsen
  as
  Bergas
• 
  Allan Edwall
  as
  The poet