Nov 17 2010
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“Winter War” (Talvisota in Finnish) is the myth of the 1939-40 Russo-Finnish War seen through the eyes of a reserve infantry unit. We examine them leaving their farms on mobilization, to assembly at the border, and follow them into battle until the armistice some 110 days later. To most Americans who know anything about it, the Winter War is visions of Sissi skiing rings around Russians. Just that did happen, but the majority of Finnish units operated conventionally either in the Mannerheim Line or to the North/North East of it. This is what this film describes. The battle scenes are as authentic as any in Saving Private Ryan; if memory serves the “Soviet” Forces are Russian extras. Vehicles, weapons, uniforms are all entirely moral. It’s probably attractive to judge this movie as Finland’s SPR. Whereas some have criticized SPR for it’s somewhat contrived position, this movie has none of that; simply citizen soldiers called to effect their nation. We leer as more and more of their friends are killed and wounded, in relentless Red Army assaults. This sense of loss is brought home again simply, but elegantly, in the scenes with the “home front”. The final anticlimatic news of the armistice on the troops is depressing to peruse, but again entirely just. This film is a fitting tribute to the Finnish “Greatest Generation” who also did nothing less than set their nation- twice in 5 years from Soviet enslavement.
The Winter War is the most historically right and realistic war film I have seen. During the film, we follow the lives of a minute group of friends as they procure themselves in the frontlines facing a soviet invasion. All aspects of the movie are well conceived and finely filmed. The best aspect of the Winter War, however, is the fact that there are no underlying subplots. Unlike Saving Private Ryan (which I must admit I also notion was salubrious), the characters do not exhaust the movie attempting to finish an unlikely (albeit intellectually satisfying) honest. Rather, the characters try to finish alive, protect their friends, and follow orders as right soldiers might.
Another very compelling aspect of the film is it’s historical accuracy. Tactics and equipment all correspond to those employed by Russia and Finland in 1939. T-26 tanks, I-16 fighters, and human wave attacks maintain out the Russian Arsenal, while the Fins remain on the defensive aside from local counter attacks. Adding to the realism is the fact that noteworthy of movie is filmed in a shrimp geographic site. This allows the viewer to become familiar with local terrain features in a arrangement that few other films permit. Hence, the viewer begins to sense the directions from which attacks might approach and beings to accept a feeling of what constitutes a “Full-scale Attack,” a “Probe,” etc.
Overall, I would highly recommend the Winter War to anyone who enjoys war films or who is fervent in Military History. Due to the lack of subplots, however, people simply looking for an action film or for a simple diversion are likely to be disappointed.
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