Vartioitu kylä 1944

Vartioitu kylä 1944
Vartioitu kylä 1944
Directed by
Written by	; Timo Linnasalo;
Based on	play Vartioitu kylä; by
Produced by
Starring	Raimo Grönberg; Markku Huhtamo; ; Antti Litja
Cinematography	Antti Peippo
Edited by
Music by
Production; company
Release date	November 3, 1978 (Finland);
Running time	100 min
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Vartioitu kylä 1944 is a movie directed by from 1978. The movie is based on the play Vartioitu kylä (1974) by . The play was released June 20, 1974 in Kuhmo summer theater.^[1]

Story[]

The events take place on year 1944, in the end of World War II. Patrol man Jaakko Tulivaara (Timo Torikka) returns to his home for holiday, when killing people has damaged his mental state. His home village is guarded by a Finnish military group led by Sergeant Tolvanen (Antti Litja). In the village is also a wounded Soviet spy (Raimo Grönberg), whose family had moved from Finland to Russia a long time before the war. The spy happens to be a childhood friend of Tulivaara.^[2]

Critique[]

At its time, the movie was positively accepted. The script, content, cinematography, music and cast were liked. One problem of the movie are the flashbacks from the past. The movie was considered to be a nice novelty,^[3] later it was also mentioned to be one of the nicest first-direction-movies.^[2]

Cast[]

Raimo Grönberg as Janne Kyllönen, spy
Markku Huhtamo as private Kumpulainen
as Anna Keskitalo
Antti Litja as sergeant Tolvanen
as private Kervinen
Timo Torikka as Jaakko Tulivaara
as Jalo Vuokko
as Heikki Keskitalo
as Kärnä old man
as one-eyed soldier
as Kalle Tulivaara
as Ethel Paakinaho
as a woman in Keskitalo
as Alpo Tulivaara
as Janne as a boy
as Jaakko as a boy
as military policeman Kettunen
as Kaisa Keskitalo
as military policeman Malm
as Leena Tulivaara
as Janne's father
as a girl in Keskitalo
| as soldier
as a woman in Keskitalo
as a child in Keskitalo
as a child in Keskitalo
as old Reetta in Keskitalo
as news paper reading soldier
as young girl in Keskitalo
as White Guard soldier
as soldier
as young soldier
as White Guard patrol leader
as soldier
as a villager in Keskitalo
as a villager Keskitalossa
as a soldier harassing Anna
as boy of Keskitalo
as young boy at Keskitalo
as small child in Keskitalo
as a soldier telling dirty stories
as drunk old Oman at the dance party
as White Guard soldier
as unidentified role
as a woman in Keskitalo
as a woman in the hay field
as Janne's mother
as Janne's sister
as Janne's sister
as Janne's sister
as Janne's sister
as a child in Keskitalo
as a woman in Keskitalo
as a child in Keskitalo
as a woman breast feeding a small child inside the house
as a dog

References[]

^ Tekijätiedot, Elonet.fi
^ ^a ^b AL: Päivän elokuvia, Tv-maailma, 47/2012 sivu 25
^ Juonikuvaus ja lehdistöarvioita Elonet.fi, viitattu 25.11.2012

Vartioitu kylä 1944

Contents

Story[]

Critique[]

Cast[]

References[]

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Vartioitu kylä 1944
Directed by
Written by	Timo Linnasalo
Based on	play Vartioitu kylä by
Produced by
Starring	Raimo Grönberg Markku Huhtamo Antti Litja
Cinematography	Antti Peippo
Edited by
Music by
Production company
Release date	November 3, 1978 (1978-11-03) (Finland)
Running time	100 min
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish