Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2007)

Tali-Ihantala 1944: Directed by Åke Lindman, Sakari Kirjavainen. With Rauno Ahonen, Mikkomarkus Ahtiainen, Frank Biermann, Jussi Brech. In the summer of 1944, the Finnish Forces must defend Finland from the invading Soviet Red Army.

“As always when making a film out of historical events one is challenged with the task of trying to engage the audience, usually by adding characters or embellishing characters already available thus allowing the viewer to relate and or follow the characters throughout the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is bold enough not to fall for such obvious flirtations with the audience, it has little more story than the historical facts and the characters that appear do so just very briefly. All too briefly for anyone in the audience to remember little more than a name, maybe a rank.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all it becomes a rather confusing experience with names and ranks and orders flying around in the Finnish forest with the only exception of a Russian tank blowing up, or was it a Finnish tank?”