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Yhden miehen sota

Yhden miehen sota

1973Movie⏱️ 1h 48m
Drama
7.1
IMDB Rating
157 votes

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many ...

Director
Risto Jarva
Writers
Risto Jarva, Jussi Kylätasku
Stars
Eero Rinne, Tuula Nyman, Tauno Hautaniemi
Release Date
December 14, 1973
Language
Finnish
Country
Finland
🏆 2
Wins
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Eero Rinne
as Erik Suomies
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Tuula Nyman
as Liisa Suomies
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Tauno Hautaniemi
as Pete Vilpponen
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Martti Pennanen
as Matti Kivilahti
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Aimo Heino
as Vänni Piiparinen
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Maarit Rinne
as Susanna Suomies
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Ruben Lehtonen
as Männikkö
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Jorma Pulkkinen
as Helander
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Matti Vienovirta
as Arvi Suomies
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Marita Vienovirta
as Arvi's wife

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Lammi, Finland
Production
Filminor, Jarva

🏷️ Keywords

businessfinnish new waveworking classunemploymentsocial

🎯 Categories

FinnishDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A harsh view at the realities of life
by lefaikone2009-01-29
7/10

"Yhden miehen sota is a very plain and harsh view at the life of poor working class families in Finland around the late 60's and the early 70's trying to stay alive on the breadline. Erik Suomies (Eero Rinne) is living on the edge of bankruptcy every day and struggling to feed his family, and yet all his friends have things even worse. He is trying his best to help them out, but there's only so much one man can do. If you are not familiar with these distinctively depressing Nordic movies, I recommend you to start with a movie with smaller calibre of pessimism and anguish at firs..."

📖 Synopsis

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many ...