The Border (Finnish: Raja 1918, Russian: ??????? 1918, tr. Granitsa 1918) is a 2007 Finnish-Russian war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen. Set in the spring of 1918, right after the Finnish Civil War, the film is about a Finnish soldier who is sent to the village of Rajajoki to form a border between Finland and Soviet Russia.
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Directed by | Lauri Törhönen |
Produced by | Jörn Donner Jarkko Hentula |
Written by | Aleksi Bardy Lauri Törhönen |
Starring | Martin Bahne Minna Haapkylä Tommi Korpela Leonid Mozgovoy Hannu-Pekka Björkman |
Music by | Sergei Yevtushenko |
Cinematography | Esa Vuorinen |
Edited by | Kimmo Kohtamäki |
Production company | Border Productions The Hermitage Bridge Studio Studio 217 |
Distributed by | FS Film |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | Finland Russia |
Language | Finnish, Swedish, German, Russian |
Budget | €2.1 million |
Box office | €382,151 (Finland) |
The film's main character Carl von Munck is based on Kai Donner and his experiences during the post-civil war period. His son Jörn Donner is one of the film's producers.
- Martin Bahne as Carl von Munck
- Minna Haapkylä as Maaria Lintu
- Tommi Korpela as Heikki Kiljunen
- Leonid Mozgovoy as Major Gentsch
- Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Sergeant 1st Class Muranen
- Lauri Nurkse as Lieutenant Suutari
- Orvo Björninen as Doctor Perret
- Pauli Poranen as Edvin Lintu
- Roman Schatz as Major Berner
- Hannu Kahakorpi as General Jyrinkoski