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Muurmanin pakolaiset

1927 · 82 min Drama History
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

In northern Finland in the fall of 1916, Saima Niva rescues a man drifting in the river, who turns out to be a German lieutenant Braun. Braun and his six comrades have managed to escape the prisoner of war at the Muurmann railway station, but the lieutenant has had to get rid of the lost group. While Braun is recovering, under the good care of Saima, Niva's neighbor and henchman of the gendarmes, the greedy policeman Simpura, gets a tip about the refugees camped in the desert.

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Year 1927
Country Finland
Genre Drama, History
Director Erkki Karu
Runtime 82 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a tense drama that relies on the harsh northern landscape as a central character. It explores the fragility of human compassion within a climate of universal suspicion and wartime fear.

What lingers after viewing is a documentary-like immersion into an era where every move carries weight and moral choices are matters of survival. The film leaves one with a chilling sense of wind and a necessary, uncomfortable question about the price of mercy. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Erkki Karu

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Watch in a quiet room, accompanied by the sound of rain, to feel the damp anxiety of the autumnal tundra.

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