**The Unknown Soldier is titled Tuntematon sotilas / The Unknown Soldier (2017).
The Finnish war-themed film, adapted from the 1954 best-selling novel "The Unknown Soldier" of the same name, tells the story of Sufen continuing the war in the form of group portraits.
How much the Finns like this subject, so to speak, this "Unknown Soldier" is the third remake on the big screen.
The film took place during World War II. The Soviet Union continued the war from June 1941 to July 1944. The entire battle process was consistent with the war between the Soviet Union and Germany.
To understand The Unknown Soldier, you must understand the background of the story.
I believe that many people only know about the tragic battles between the Germans and the Soviets during World War II, and know very little about the Soviet invasion of other countries. After all, the history class will not introduce too much about the dark history of the Soviet Union.
"The Unknown Soldier" is about "Su-Finland continues the war". Since it is a continuation of the war, there must be the first Soviet-Finnish war.
The Soviet-Finnish War, also known as the Winter War, was a war of aggression by the Soviet Union and a defense of Finland's homeland. On August 23, 1939, Soviet Russia and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, secretly signing an agreement to divide their respective spheres of influence in Europe, involving Germany's technical support for Soviet Russia's fighter planes, tanks and other cutting-edge weapons at that time. In return for Germany, the Soviet Union tightened its belt, scavenged for grain in Ukraine and other places, and worked hard to export oil, grain, steel and other resources to Germany. These resources exported by Soviet Russia were the earliest accumulated war resources when Nazi Germany launched World War II. Before and after the signing of the non-aggression pact between Russia and Germany, Russia and Germany sacrificed China in exchange for a truce in the Battle of Nomenkan to rebuild Japan-Russia relations during World War II.
In this way, Soviet Russia was able to quickly adjust its national policy and transfer it to the West. For geopolitical reasons, the Soviet Union included neighboring Finland in its sphere of influence.
After the Soviet Union divided Poland, it concocted the Katyn Forest massacre with great ambitions. At that time, Finland was close to the territory of Soviet Russia, connecting Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, restraining the Baltic Sea, and being very close to Leningrad, Russia, which was of great strategic significance. The Soviet Union coerced Finland to agree to the proposal of territorial exchange on the grounds of national security, exchanging the barren and barren land in the northwest for Finland's fertile southern land adjacent to Leningrad, and the Soviet Union also wanted to lease territory and set up military bases in important military locations in Finland.
Finland refused the threat of Soviet Russia with a strong backbone. The angry Soviet Russia created the "Manila Shelling Incident" on November 26, 1939, falsely claiming that Finland's shelling of the Soviet Manila village caused casualties in the Soviet Union, and demanded the Finnish government Apologize. After the thief shouted to catch the thief, on November 30, Soviet Russia invested 23 divisions and 450,000 troops to invade Finland.
Finland rises up to defend its homeland, and the first Soviet-Finnish war begins.
In the Soviet-Finnish War, the Soviet Union mobilized 540,000 troops, with 200,000 casualties, barely defeating Finland, which had only 120,000 troops. According to the Soviet Union's habit of lying about the wounded, there are also statistics that say there are millions of casualties, because the ratio of casualties reported by Finland is 1:10. During the Soviet-Finnish War, the Soviet Army could not adapt to the Finnish mountains and forests. Elite divisions such as the 44th Division and the 163rd Division of the Soviet Union were completely wiped out by Finland, and their performance was extremely poor. Marshal Zhukov, who was in command of the battle, also lost his post.
On March 12, 1940, the Soviet Union's tragic victory over the war ended. The Soviet-Finnish war had far-reaching effects. The Soviet Union unilaterally tore up the non-aggression pact and bullied the weak. Since then, its international reputation has plummeted, and Finland has completely turned to Western ideology. At the same time, the Soviet Union concentrated a large number of superior forces and relied on the tactics of the sea to win Finland, which also gave Hitler full confidence in defeating the Soviet Union. A year later, Germany began the Barbarossa Project, officially launching war against the Soviet Union.
After the Soviet-Finnish War, Finland ceded its southeastern part to the Soviet Union, including Finland's third largest city, an important industrial center and Vyborg, the mouth of the Saimaa Canal, the Karelian Isthmus, the Sara region and most of the islands in the Gulf of Finland. And leased the port of Hanke to Su for 30 years.
In the face of Soviet aggression and unequal treaties, the Finns have always been brooding. They set up recruit camps in the forest, and the soldiers trained hard and waited for the opportunity to retake the lost territory.
Opportunity awaits those who are prepared. In June 1941, Germany blitzed the Soviet Union, and Finland immediately declared a state of war in the country. "Sufen Continues the War" begins.
"The Unknown Soldier" is 3 hours long and describes the war in extremely detailed and plain language.
The whole film is mainly divided into five stages.
The first stage In June 1941, Finland declared war on the Soviet Union, and the childish recruits went directly from the recruit camp to the front.
In the second stage, in August 1941, the Finnish offensive achieved good results. At this moment, it was the early stage of the German attack on the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union had no morale under the powerful German offensive.
The third stage On October 21, 1941, the Finnish army took the opportunity to quickly advance towards the Soviet-Finnish border before the Winter War. In just half a year, Finland regained all the land lost in the Winter War.
The fourth stage In January 1942, the Finnish side's offensive was frustrated and began to retreat, fully retreating to its original territorial range.
The fifth stage In July 1944, Finland retreated steadily under the torrent of Soviet steel and retreated to the last line of defense. With Germany defeated, Finland unconditionally asked for peace.
Although the Soviet Union continued the war, the result was still a victory for the Soviet Union, but it was still a tragic victory. The Soviet Union suffered 580,000 casualties, while Finland and Germany suffered 210,000 casualties.
The style of "The Unknown Soldier" is very similar to the country of Finland. It is unyielding, neither humble nor arrogant. It will not be blinded by impulses, and it will always be on guard against countries that have no credibility. We can also see that Finland ranks at the forefront in the Global Growth Competitiveness Index, Current Competitiveness Index, Global Corruption Perceptions Index, and World Economic Forum's annual competitiveness ranking, many of which are number one.
"The Unknown Soldier" does not use a personal heroic story to reflect the war, but uses a cold lens to show the various states of all beings in the war.
The number and frequency of Soviet soldiers appearing in the whole film are very small. They neither vilify and dwarf the enemy nor elevate themselves, but focus all their energy on describing Finnish soldiers. From high-ranking officers to low-level soldiers, "Unknown Soldier" uses group portraits to show the audience the unknown soldiers in the war.
The battle scenes of "The Unknown Soldier" are also presented in a detailed way, without those fancy special effects shots, and some are fighting bloody battles with ordinary soldiers. The real war is always ruthless, and it will not make people's blood boil, and those who experience it will only want to live.
There are many characters in "The Unknown Soldier", each of them is the protagonist, and each of them is also a supporting role. In the torrent of war, everyone is like ants. If you are lucky, you will not be run over by the wheel of history. If you are unlucky, you will be killed on the battlefield.
Some of them lived to the end, such as Rokka, a veteran of the Winter War. He doesn't care about the red tape and doesn't like being bound by the rules and regulations of the military. But he also knows the truth of the dead, the small family can survive only if the country exists. During the battle, he always does not give up his comrades, and uses his rich experience and superb skills to attack the enemy. He knows that only killing can stop killing, and only living to the end can end the war.
Only solve the battlefield and die for the country,
Horse Leather Shrouded Unnamed Tomb.
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