Film

Ambush

6.019992h 3mK-12Drama War

Age rating: K-12
Director: Olli Saarela
Year: 1999

Whatever happens to you in this war, I will wait for you...

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.

Top cast

Peter Franzén

Eero Perkola

Irina Björklund

Kaarina Vainikainen

Kari Heiskanen

Lance Corporal Jussi Lukkari

Kari Väänänen

Corporal Tauno Snicker

Tommi Eronen

Private Simo Karppinen

Taisto Reimaluoto

Corporal Unto Saarinen

Pekka Heikkinen

Corporal Evert Rönkkö

Pekka Huotari

Private Martti Raassina

Tero Jartti

Private Moilanen

Rauno Juvonen

Private Hämäläinen

Arttu Kapulainen

Private Ville Snicker

Aku Laitinen

Private Knihti

Petri Manninen

Private Ahti Heikkinen

Kristo Salminen

Private Kukkonen

Kari-Pekka Toivonen

Private Leinonen

Directed by

Olli Saarela

Written by

Antti Tuuri

Produced by

Marko Röhr, Ilkka Matila