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The Border

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Original title

Raja 1918

Year

2007

Running time

114 min.

Country

Finland

Director

Lauri Törhönen

Screenwriter

Aleksi Bardy, Jörn Donner, Lauri Törhönen

Cast

Music

Sergei Yevtushenko

Cinematography

Esa Vuorinen

Producer

Co-production Finland-Russia;

Border Productions, Canal+, The Hermitage Bridge Studio, Juonifilmi, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Studio 217, SVT

Genre

Drama. Romance | Historical. 1910s

Synopsis

The film is set during the Finnish Civil War of 1918, a year after Finland had declared independence from Russia. In a nutshell, the war was between the "Whites" (the national guard) and the "Reds" (the Bolsheviks). The film follows the young Captain Carl von Munck who is sent to the newly established border to make sure that undesirable elements (Russians, Jews, Bolsheviks) are kept out of Finland. The film attempts to demonstrate how easily concentration camp style "quarantines" were set up along the new border and how people were only allowed into the country if they looked right (ie. didn't look Russian or Jewish) and could pronounce Finnish words without an accent...

Awards: 2008: Jussi Awards (Finland): Best Sound Design. 5 nominations

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The Border

2007

Lauri Törhönen