

The Eternal Road
2017-09-15 · 103 min · ★ 6.6
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
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Production details
- Directors
- Antti-Jussi Annila
- Production companies
- Taska Film, MRP Matila Röhr Productions, Anagram Film, Film i Väst
- Countries
- Estonia, Finland, Sweden
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,100,000
Top Cast
Tommi KorpelaJussi Ketola
Sidse Babett KnudsenSara
Hannu-Pekka BjörkmanKallonen
Irina BjörklundSofia
Sampo SarkolaStrang
Ville VirtanenJohn Hill
Jonna JärnefeltElla
Eedit PatrakkaMary (age 8)
Rosa SalomaaMary (age 14)
Helén Söderqvist HenrikssonMartta Hill
Antti VirmavirtaMäki
Lembit UlfsakNovikov
Amalia Holm BjelkeKathy
Igor SigovNKVD Officer
Emmi ParviainenLaina
Hendrik ToompereToivonen
Harriet ToompereDoris Toivonen
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