---
title: 'Ambush (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Olli Saarela'
released: '1999-01-22'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ambush-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162625/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ambush (1999)

1999 · 125 min · War · Finland

Original title: Rukajärven tie

## Synopsis

Ambush is a 1999 Finnish war film directed by Olli Saarela. The film debuted on 22 January 1999 in Finland, after which it was released internationally. The film is based on a book written by Antti Tuuri and its leads are played by Peter Franzén as Lt. Eero Perkola and Irina Björklund as Kaarina Vainikainen, Perkola's love.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Olli Saarela](https://cinepixo.com/people/olli-saarela)
- **Screenplay:** [Olli Saarela](https://cinepixo.com/people/olli-saarela), [Antti Tuuri](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-tuuri)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tuomas Kantelinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuomas-kantelinen)
- **Producer:** [Ilkka Matila](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilkka-matila), [Marko Röhr](https://cinepixo.com/people/marko-rohr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kjell Lagerroos](https://cinepixo.com/people/kjell-lagerroos)
- **Editor:** [Jukka Nykänen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jukka-nykanen)

## Cast

- [Kari Heiskanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-heiskanen)
- [Pekka Huotari](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-huotari)
- [Peter Franzén](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-franzen)
- [Taisto Reimaluoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/taisto-reimaluoto)
- [Kari Väänänen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-vaananen)
- [Pekka Heikkinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-heikkinen)
- [Irina Björklund](https://cinepixo.com/people/irina-bjorklund)
- [Tero Jartti](https://cinepixo.com/people/tero-jartti)
- [Tommi Eronen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommi-eronen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ambush-1999
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