Sauna (2008)
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.
Directed by: Antti-Jussi Annila
Top Billed Cast: Olavi Kari, Markku Salo, Sonja Petäjäjärvi
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Ville Virtanen
Eerik
Tommi Eronen
Knut
Viktor Klimenko
Semenski
Rain Tolk
Rogosin
Kari Ketonen
Musko
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Sonja Petäjäjärvi
Son
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Vilhelmiina Virkkunen
Daughter
Taisto Reimaluoto
Host
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Ismo Kallio
Village Elder
Kati Outinen
Old Woman
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Dick Idman
Roukkula
Ivo Kubečka
Monk
Elena Leeve
Host’s Daughter (voice)
Elena Spirina
Rogosin's Mother's Lullaby (voice)
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Peter Holmlund
Interpreter for the Swedes
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Asko Vainio
Ondrei Suurinen
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Timo Halonen
Swedish knihti
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Eero Jaakkola
Swedish knihti
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Aleksei Kettunen
Russian streltz
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Juha Linna
Russian streltz
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Stefano Pallanza
Russian streltz
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Antti Eskola
Ostrobothnian Peasant
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Markku Salo
Ostrobothnian Peasant
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Heikki Tuomaala
Karelian Peasant
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Ari Wirta
Kaatamo Peasant
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Tarmo Leppänen
Kaatamo Peasant
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Kari Nurmi
Kaatamo Peasant
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Olavi Kari
Kaatamo Peasant
