Antti Tuuri

Antti Tuuri

80 (1944-10-01)
Kauhava, Finland

Antti Tuuri is a Finnish author, best known for his works dealing with Southern Ostrobothnia and World War II. Many of his novels have been made into films, including The Winter War (1989), Ambush (1999) and Eternal Road (2017).

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The Winter War 1989 (7.065)

Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.
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The Eternal Road 2017 (6.738)

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.
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Ambush 1999 (5.908)

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.