---
title: 'The Winter War (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pekka Parikka'
released: '1989-11-30'
runtime_minutes: 199
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-winter-war-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Winter War (1989)

1989 · 199 min · Drama, War · Finland

Original title: Talvisota

## Synopsis

The Winter War is a 1989 Finnish war film directed by Pekka Parikka, and based on the 1984 novel Talvisota by Antti Tuuri. It is set in the 1939 Winter War and tells the story of a Finnish infantry regiment from Southern Ostrobothnia fighting on the Karelian Isthmus, focusing mainly on a platoon of reservists from Kauhava.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pekka Parikka](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-parikka)
- **Screenplay:** [Pekka Parikka](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-parikka), [Antti Tuuri](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-tuuri)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Juha Tikka](https://cinepixo.com/people/juha-tikka)
- **Producer:** [Marko Röhr](https://cinepixo.com/people/marko-rohr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kari Sohlberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-sohlberg)

## Cast

- [Martti Suosalo](https://cinepixo.com/people/martti-suosalo)
- [Samuli Edelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuli-edelmann)
- [Kalevi Kahra](https://cinepixo.com/people/kalevi-kahra)
- [Taneli Mäkelä](https://cinepixo.com/people/taneli-makela)
- [Leea Klemola](https://cinepixo.com/people/leea-klemola)
- [Markku Huhtamo](https://cinepixo.com/people/markku-huhtamo)
- [Helena Haavisto](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-haavisto)
- [Juuso Hirvikangas](https://cinepixo.com/people/juuso-hirvikangas)
- [Vesa Vierikko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vesa-vierikko)
- [Aarno Sulkanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/aarno-sulkanen)
- [Leena Suomu](https://cinepixo.com/people/leena-suomu)
- [Tomi Salmela](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomi-salmela)
- [Konsta Mäkelä](https://cinepixo.com/people/konsta-makela)
- [Miitta Sorvali](https://cinepixo.com/people/miitta-sorvali)
- [Esko Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/esko-salminen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-winter-war-1989
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