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Two Forces (1979)

Genre : Drama, War, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 21M

Director : Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto

Synopsis

Docudrama about the Soviet occupation of a Finnish village in the fall before the Winter War.

Actors

Marja-Leena Kouki
Marja-Leena Kouki
Narrator (voice)
Vesa Repo
Vesa Repo
Narrator (voice)
Pekka Lehto
Pekka Lehto
Self
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo
Self

Crews

Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo
Director
Pekka Lehto
Pekka Lehto
Director
Jörn Donner
Jörn Donner
Producer
Heikki Valpola
Heikki Valpola
Original Music Composer
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo
Director of Photography
Pertti Mutanen
Pertti Mutanen
Director of Photography
Pekka Lehto
Pekka Lehto
Writer
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo
Writer
Anne Holmberg
Anne Holmberg
Editor
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo
Editor
Jaakko Talaskivi
Jaakko Talaskivi
Art Direction
Pekka Lehto
Pekka Lehto
Sound
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Sound

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