--- title: 'The Boys (1962)' type: 'film' director: 'Mikko Niskanen' released: '1962-11-02' runtime_minutes: 106 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Finland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boys-1962' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056356/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Boys (1962) 1962 · 106 min · Drama · Finland Original title: Pojat ## Synopsis The Boys is a 1962 Finnish war drama film directed by Mikko Niskanen. It is based on a 1958 novel of the same name by Paavo Rintala. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. The second lead role, Jake, was played by 17-year-old Vesa-Matti Loiri, who received the Jussi Awards certificate of honor for his role as a young actor. ## Credits - **Director:** [Mikko Niskanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikko-niskanen) - **Screenplay:** [Mikko Niskanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikko-niskanen), [Paavo Rintala](https://cinepixo.com/people/paavo-rintala) - **Original Music Composer:** [Einar Englund](https://cinepixo.com/people/einar-englund) - **Producer:** [Toivo Särkkä](https://cinepixo.com/people/toivo-sarkka) - **Director of Photography:** [Olavi Tuomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/olavi-tuomi) - **Editor:** [Armas Vallasvuo](https://cinepixo.com/people/armas-vallasvuo) ## Cast - [Liisa Nevalainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/liisa-nevalainen) - [Kauko Helovirta](https://cinepixo.com/people/kauko-helovirta) - [Artturi Laakso](https://cinepixo.com/people/artturi-laakso) - [Einari Ketola](https://cinepixo.com/people/einari-ketola) - [Markku Söderström](https://cinepixo.com/people/markku-soderstrom) - [Pentti Saares](https://cinepixo.com/people/pentti-saares) - [Ilkka Ilkare](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilkka-ilkare) - [Pentti Tarkiainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pentti-tarkiainen) - [Vesa-Matti Loiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/vesa-matti-loiri) - [Olavi Ahonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/olavi-ahonen) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boys-1962 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7719726); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.