The Border (2007 film)

The Border (Finnish: Raja 1918, Russian: Граница 1918, romanized: Granitsa 1918) is a 2007 Finnish-Russian war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen. Set in the spring of 1918, right after the Finnish Civil War, the film is about a Finnish officer who is sent to the village of Rajajoki to form a border between Finland and Soviet Russia.^[3][4]

The Border
Film poster
Finnish	Raja 1918
Russian	Граница 1918
Directed by	Lauri Törhönen
Written by	Aleksi Bardy Lauri Törhönen
Produced by	Jörn Donner Jarkko Hentula
Starring	Martin Bahne Minna Haapkylä Tommi Korpela Leonid Mozgovoy Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Cinematography	Esa Vuorinen
Edited by	Kimmo Kohtamäki
Music by	Sergei Yevtushenko
Production companies	Border Productions The Hermitage Bridge Studio Studio 217
Distributed by	FS Film
Release dates	30 November 2007 (2007-11-30) (Finland) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17) (Russia)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Finland Russia
Languages	Finnish, Swedish, German, Russian
Budget	€2.1 million[1]
Box office	€382,151 (Finland)[2]

The film's main character Carl von Munck is based on Kai Donner and his experiences during the post-civil war period.^[5] His son Jörn Donner is one of the film's producers.

Cast

• Martin Bahne as Carl von Munck
• Minna Haapkylä as Maaria Lintu
• Tommi Korpela as Heikki Kiljunen
• Leonid Mozgovoy as Major Gentsch
• Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Sergeant 1st Class Muranen
• Lauri Nurkse as Lieutenant Suutari
• Orvo Björninen as Doctor Perret
• Pauli Poranen as Edvin Lintu
• Roman Schatz as Major Berner
• Hannu Kahakorpi as General Jyrinkoski
• Eeva Putro as Piika Pietarista

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References

1. "The Border (Raja 1918)". The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
2. "Facts & Figures 2007" (PDF). The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
3. Aro, Tuuve (November 29, 2007). "Raja 1918". MTV3.fi (in Finnish). Bonnier Group. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
4. "Raja 1918-elokuva eurooppalaisilla elokuvafestivaaleilla" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland, Kyiv. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
5. "Peter von Bagh ja Jörn Donner korostivat taiteen merkitystä Suomen historiassa" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
6. "Raja 1918 (2007) – Credits". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 3, 2012.

External links

• Official website (in Finnish) (Archived June 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine)
• The Border at IMDb