Event info

A film adaptation of Väinö Linna’s best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel’s unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.

Finnish war epic Unknown Soldier has taken more than $15m at the local box office, making it the biggest film ever in the territory since modern records began in the 1970s. In the same period, the 850,000 admissions for the movie are second only to Titanic. The film also drew 20,000 people to its Swedish debut, also a record for a Finnish film.

Box office records aren’t the only milestones the film is crossing.  Aku Louhimies’ historical epic, which cost around €7m, has also smashed the Guinness World Record for the most high-explosives detonated in a film take.

The film is premiered January 25th 2018 with Icelandic subtitles.