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The Guarded Village 1944 (Finnish: Vartioitu kylä 1944) is a 1978 film directed by Timo Linnasalo. The film is based on the play Vartioitu kylä (1974) by Unto Heikura. The play was released on 20 June 1974 in Kuhmo summer theater.
Story
The events take place on year 1944, during the Continuation War 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 film was positively accepted. The script, content, cinematography, music and cast were liked. One problem of the film are the flashbacks from the past. The film was considered to be a nice novelty, later it was also mentioned to be one of the nicest first direction-films.
Cast
References
External links
The Guarded Village 1944 at IMDb
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