4.8 /10 1 Votes
2.2/5 Rate Your Music Produced by Jouko Lumme Edited by Juho Gartz Director Timo Linnasalo Cinematography Antti Peippo | 5.3/10 IMDb Directed by Timo Linnasalo Music by Heikki Valpola Initial release 3 November 1978 Music director Heikki Valpola Editor Juho Gartz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Ilpo Tuomarila
Timo Linnasalo
Jouko Lumme Story by Unto Heikura's play Vartioitu kylä (1974), Kuhmo summer theater June 20th 1974 Awards Jussi Award for Best Direction Similar Aikalainen, Time of Roses, Olympian Holiday, The Year of the Hare, Here - Beneath the North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vartioitu kylä 1944 is a movie directed by Timo Linnasalo from 1978. The movie is based on the play Vartioitu kylä (1974) by Unto Heikura. The play was released June 20, 1974 in Kuhmo summer theater.
Contents
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.
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, later it was also mentioned to be one of the nicest first-direction-movies.