Tuesday, January 29, 2008

THE FINNISH CIVIL WAR OF 1918 AND CINEMA

90 years have passed since the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as serious for Finland as the U.S. Civil War for Americans. Fiction films include: Dreyer: Blade af Satans Bog (1921), Pakkala: Sotapolulla (1921), Molander: En natt / Serments (1931), Särkkä: 1918 - mies ja hänen omatuntonsa (1957), Laine: Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968), Pennanen: Mommilan veriteot 1917 (1973), Honkasalo & Lehto: Tulipää (1980), Jartti: Aapo (1994), Saarela: Lunastus (1997), and Törhönen: Raja 1918 (2007).

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