The Eternal Road (2017)
Freedom lies beyond heaven and hell
- Released
- Runtime 1h 43m
- Director Antti-Jussi Annila
- Genres Drama History War
- Rating 6.6/10 (48 votes)
Synopsis
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
Cast
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Tommi Korpela
as Jussi Ketola
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Sidse Babett Knudsen
as Sara
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Hannu-Pekka Björkman
as Kallonen
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Irina Björklund
as Sofia
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Sampo Sarkola
as Strang
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Ville Virtanen
as John Hill
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Jonna Järnefelt
as Ella
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Eedit Patrakka
as Mary (age 8)
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Rosa Salomaa
as Mary (age 14)
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Helén Söderqvist Henriksson
as Martta Hill
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Antti Virmavirta
as Mäki
- Eeti Salovuori as Pauli
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Lembit Ulfsak
as Novikov
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Amalia Holm Bjelke
as Kathy
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Igor Sigov
as NKVD Officer
- Petri Manninen as NKVD Interrogator
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Emmi Parviainen
as Laina
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Hendrik Toompere
as Toivonen
Crew
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Antti-Jussi Annila
Director
- Rauno Ronkainen Director of Photography
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Tambet Tasuja
Editor
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Ian Person
Original Music Composer
- Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm Original Music Composer
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Ilkka Matila
Producer
- Antti Tuuri Screenplay
-
Aku Louhimies
Screenplay
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Antti-Jussi Annila
Screenplay
