Beyond the Front Line

Beyond the Front Line
A film poster
SwedishFramom främsta linjen
FinnishEtulinjan edessä
Directed byÅke Lindman
Screenplay byStefan Forss
Benedict Zilliacus
Produced byAlf Hemming
StarringIlkka Heiskanen
Tobias Zilliacus
CinematographyPauli Sipiläinen
Edited bySakari Kirjavainen
Music byLasse Mårtenson
Production
company
Åke Lindman Film-Production
Distributed byBuena Vista International
Release date
  • 5 March 2004 (2004-03-05)
CountryFinland
LanguagesSwedish
Finnish
Budget€3.5 million[1]
Box office€668,448 (domestic)[2]

Beyond the Front Line (Swedish: Framom främsta linjen, Finnish: Etulinjan edessä) is a 2004 Finnish war film directed by Åke Lindman. The film is based on the diaries of Swedish-speaking Finnish soldiers who served in the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944.

Cast

  • Tobias Zilliacus as Harry Järv
  • Ilkka Heiskanen as Alpo Marttinen
  • Christoffer Weiss as Allan Finholm
  • Kim Gustafsson as Björk
  • Martin Bahne as Lindblad
  • Carl-Gustaf Wentzel as Forss
  • Jan-Christian Söderholm as Helén
  • Sampo Sarkola as Kaustinen
  • Johan Rönneholm as Händig
  • Joachim Thibblin as Söderman
  • Oskar Silén as Mattas
  • Paavo Kerosuo as Bror Östman
  • Patrick Henriksen as Rosenlöf
  • Peter Kanerva as Olof Fagerström
  • Jan Korander as Löfman
  • Asko Sarkola as Marshal Mannerheim

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References

  1. ^ "Beyond The Front Line (Framom främsta linjen - Etulinjan edessä)". Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Facts & Figures 2004" (PDF). Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Framom främsta linjen (2004)". Elonet. National Audiovisual Institute of Finland. Retrieved 20 December 2011.