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PETROZAVODSK, PETROZAVODSK

IN LATE SUMMER 1941,

THE FINNS ARE ATTEMPTING TO RECLAIM THEIR LOST TERRITORIES.

THEY'VE CROSSED THE OLD BORDER AND ARE NOW IN SOVIET TERRITORY.

HOME FRONT AUGUST 1941

Come here now! Bicycle!

You must be the company commander. We're your reinforcements.

The major must've told you we're coming. Our documents.

So, you're a corporal?

That's right. Got my stripes in the Winter War.

No idea why. Never did nobody no harm.

Lieut, put us in the same squad, will ya? We're neighbors.

We got through the Winter War together.

This is not a reservist unit.

We do not address superiors informally here.

Exceptions would just lower discipline.

Oh, I see. I didn't know that.

Sir, I just meant, for Susi and me to be put in the same squad.

- Who? - Susi.

- What's your name? - Su-su-su... Private Susi.

Susi?

- What's your name? - Rokka. First name Antero.

People call me Antti, and that's what I call myself.

He was all important.

- I hope there are no more like him. - We'll be fine, as always.

The fellow is just a bit young.

We've gotten by with guys like him before, right?

R-r-rig ht.

We were told to talk to Koskela. It's you, I reckon?

- That's me. - So, do what you want with us.

We're the reinforcements. I'm Rokka and he's Susi.

Come here, Susi.

Make way. Wake up, sonny. We're coming here.

Use your overcoat as a blanket, Susi.

I'm half asleep already. Know when we're leaving, Lieut?

Soon, it seems, as they sent reinforcements.

Guess you might be right.

- Lost a few men, I suppose. - Some.

All we care about is that you keep us together.

Falls asleep fast, that fella.

Okay, boys. Rise and shine.

Jeepers, that shellin'. We'll get a taste of it soon.

Hey, Lieut. We'll be heading out today.

- You two been on the front before? - Yes, the Winter War.

We're from Karelia. The Russkies took our farms.

Tried to take our lives, too. We'll see if he gets 'em this time.

I got unfinished business with our neighbor there.

I got no business here.

What does it matter where we are? We'll take farms up to Moscow.

Can't say anything about that. They say the Germans will help us,

though I don't like all that heel clicking.

Me and Susi don't give a heck about the rest of Europe.

We'll take Karelia back and head on home.

Prepare.

- For what? - We're taking Petrozavodsk.

Assault boats. They're gonna turn us into fish.

- We're gonna be in deep shit. - Oh, no. We're gonna be in water.

What difference does it make whether we die on land or in water?

Death is death no matter where it grabs you.

Don't talk about death. I'll shit my pants.

Listen, Lieut.

- Yes? - We're gonna cross that river.

- I know. - Good. Never mind.

Just take it easy then.

And lift!

Mount the machine gun with the tripod on the bow.

Surely you can see we don't need the tripod, buddy.

The landing will take longer.

I'm not your buddy! I'm your company commander.

- C'm0n. We don't need the tripod. - You'll do as you're told!

Kariluoto. Mount the machine gun without the tripod.

There's enough time to empty one belt.

Good luck.

Forward!

Second wave, prepare!

Forward!

Give it to me.

A machine gun. Shit.

All right. Keep the pressure on.

Susi, give me your rifle.

' Charge! - Charge!

Jesus fuck!

Give it to me. Grab some hand grenades.

Grenades!

You throw. I clean up.

Then we take the next bend. Smooth as silk.

Go ahead.

New magazine!

Give me a submachine gun!

Nice gun. We had few of these in the Winter War.

Don't start pointin' your gun at me. It could get you killed...

Corporal.

- What's your name? - Rokka, that's me. First name Antti.

I already reported to my own CO.

- That was first-rate work. - Don't go praising me, Lieut.

You're itchin' to be a hero. I don't give a heck about any of that.

We do what we must, and the rest of the time keep our heads down.

We ain't hereto die, we're here to kill.

Time to go.

Susi, take the tent from the fallen man. It'll make a nice blanket.

- Everybody alive? - Yeah. We're doing fine.

Next we take Petrozavodsk. Then we head home.

What do you say about that, Vanhala?

Petrozavodsk...

What are you creepin' around for, Hietanen?

I'm hungry. Bread, bread.

Well, we have to move out. Wake up Third.

- You're not serious? - Yes, crank up the music.

You bring nothing but bad news. I oughta shoot you right here.

Shooting me won't change a thing, buddy.

The brass should drop dead first.

Machine gun company! Prepare to move out!

Shut up, you goddamn windbag!

Third Platoon, wake up! You've overslept.

Let's add a new chapter to Finland's superb military history.

Goddammit, let's stay here.

Let's tell the brass we'll rest three days before leaving.

Real soldiers you are. Wars only end by fighting.

We gotta go somewhere.

Don't ya worry, boys. There are big towns ahead.

Moscow awaits.

Goddamn Germans...

One scoop each.

Rahikainen, don't cut in line.

Don't eat all the rations at once.

The food's got to last you three days.

It'll last because you won't give us any more.

Yep, it's horsemeat. I can see the whip marks.

Don't gripe about the food. The meat meets all standards.

- Says who? - Staff Sergeant Sinkkonen.

The company's new warrant officer. The food is good.

Even better if you don't step in it.

On the other hand,

it's not the horse's fault it gets tougher as it ages.

Better men fulfill their duty without complaining.

You're one heck of a kid. But you're too serious.

You gotta have fun here. Join us. Let's form an orchestra.

Take your mess kit and hit it like a drum.

My boot hits the floor

Dance on the table like they do in the Baltics

Children jump their cradles 'less you tie them down

The violin squeaks, "Hee-too-hee" The accordion sings, "Hah-Iah-pa"

- Can you hear the violin? - What's this circus?

The new warrant officer is a gloomy fella,

so we thought we'd cheer him up, but he's not into music.

Stop the clowning.

The company shall be ready to move out in an hour.

Anyone who doesn't have a white handkerchief,

get a piece of white paper. Carry on.

Sinkkonen.

We have a long march ahead of us.

Susi, eat up. You'll need the energy.

Are we the only unit in the Finnish army?

When will the Germans make it to Moscow?

This is big. The whole regiment is flanking.

Give me your hand.

Southern point. Everything fine so far.

Outflanking proceeding as expected. No sign of the enemy.

Try to keep moving.

I don't wanna carry your stuff, Riitaoja.

Gimme your pack and get up.

Get up, dammit! Give me your pack.

You're nothing but a fucking burden.

- Get up! - Don't kick him!

- What? - I should just shoot you.

- You wanna try me? - Let it be.

Why do I have to drag these shits along.

- Which squad will go? - First.

There's probably an enemy presence. Keep your eyes open.

If Second Platoon has left, head to the road.

- Any questions? - No, but I'm not taking Riitaoja.

- Let Lahtinen assign one of his men. - Sihvonen can go.

Stop whining. Riitaoja has to do his duty.

Where the hell is Second Platoon?

How about we go back to Finland?

We could go home and say we got lost.

Enough grumbling. I'll go ahead.

Riitaoja!

Let's go.

If we stay here, we'll get killed.

Can't you fuckin' kill me?

Lehto.

Lehto.

And Lehto was dead?

He didn't answer when we called his name.

This really puzzles me.

This really puzzles me.

This seems to be a big mystery.

A real mystery afoot.

How can a dead man shoot himself?

Rokka. Take command of First.

Put Sihvonen in his own squad and take Susi with you.

Sure.

Let's start looking for positions.

We don't leave these holes. No matter what happens.

Vanhala, let's take it easy.

Fire!

It had no effect!

- They're coming! - Let's go!

- Run! - Get back!

It's going around the roadblock! Stop it!

Don't let it get through!

Thank you.

Thank you.

The enemy took one full in the face. Let's give them one up the ass too.

It took a lot of nickel, but we're generous, huh, boys'?

Let's go give them as much as they want.

That's the way. Koskela.

Prepare to move out.

Are the Russkies runnin' out of men?

If they run out of men,

they'll mobilize fifteen million women.

They even train old ladies.

No shit? Russky women will come at us?

Who knows.

There would be hand-to-hand combat. Rahikainen would get a medal.

Hand-to-hand combat...

So they left you here, huh?

Yes, left me all alone.

Did they leave any salt for you?

They took everything and left me alone.

- Are you hungry? - Very hungry.

Very hungry-

Here's some bread. Eat your fill for once.

- Have they been harrassing you? - Harrassing, yes.

Killed everyone.

They left you a basket full 0' bread.

Guess they forgot to tell you.

We won't take 'em.

- But if I find salt, I'll take some. - Take it from there.

We'll give you soup and cigarettes in exchange.

- I think the geezer is mocking us. - An ancient Finn.

Yeah. I don't get it.

No use freein' nor capturin' an old man like that.

Have you seen Stalin? Lenin?

Damn, this is good.

- Interesting architecture. - Yes.

- Can I offer you a cigarette? - No, thanks.

What's your name, private?

Private Rahikainen, sir.

Private Rahikainen, don't you know it's forbidden

to touch the villagers' property?

We know, but this fella was damaged.

Limping. No point leaving it here to die alone.

To die alone, huh?

I'll give it to you as a prize for that nice dive of yours.

- Thank you, sir. - Carry on.

Would you like some coffee? I might have some cognac, too.

No, thank you.

This rock might be slippery.

Petrozavodsk awaits. Time to attack, boys.

We're going h-h-home after that, Antti?

Okay, DOE/S-

Like I said, we'll march till the end of days.

Future generations will sing songs of us.

SOVIET KARELIA SEPTEMBER 1941

Forward!

Medic!

Remember who you are! Not a single step back!

Men!

Petrozavodsk awaits!

The Third is under my command! Forward!

Méntynen, let's go!

I'll see my father in heaven...

Don't move. It'll hurt more.

Please pray. I'm too weak.

"Our Father who art in heaven,"

"hallowed be Thy name..."

"...Thy kingdom come,"

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

Fire!

"Give us this day our daily bread"

"and forgive us our trespasses..."

"...as we forgive those who trespass against us,"

"and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

"For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory...“

"...forever and ever."

"Amen.

- We're in Russia. - Pedrozavodsk.

And after we take it, we'll stay there. Dammit.

I'm fighting for my home, religion and fatherland. Fuck.

Hey men! Petrozavodsk glistens in the dawn of the Fatherland!

Smoke's rising as the Finns have full-on plundering goin' on.

We've been fighting for that crappy town?

The best women must be taken by now.

We're making history. Now Finland has a new city.

PETROZAVODSK, SOVIET UNION OCTOBER 1, 1941

We've invaded the liquor factory!

Don't you start!

Hey, listen. I told the doc to piss in the bottle hisself.

Piss in the bottle yourself!

We invaded the liquor storage. Howdy hi!

Second Lieutenant Kariluoto, Infantry Regiment 8.

Welcome to Youth Club Finland!

I'm Captain Usko Antero Lautsalo.

God's storm. A terror to the Russians.

Private. Escort the captain to bed.

The captain doesn't take orders from a lieut.

We just invaded Petrozavodsk.

Mission accomplished.

So this is what we came for?

You're all alone here, huh?

PETROZAVODSK VICTORY PARADE OCTOBER 12, 1941

Eyes,fighu

Machine Gun Company! Eyes, right!

Ready, front!

What's that swishing? Scrub it good!

Stalin's mess.

Welcome to Youth Club Finland!

We're abroad.

I was lookin' out the window as a steamboat went by...

Halt!

- Why didn't you salute me? - We didn't see you.

How can you see the enemy, then?

I don't see gray too good, but I've no trouble seein' the enemy.

Your unit? Answer me!

Lapland's Reindeer Battalion. Sir.

I'll have you arrested! Halt!

Arrest them!

Lapland's Reindeer Battalion.

- Where are ya comm' from'? - Over there.

- Where's the fur from? - I went on a foray.

Well I'll be!

Foray...

Go, go.

My favorite girl.

Let's give the young couple some privacy.

If you know someone who's in need, I'll deliver.

She's young, but those breasts... Like two little piggies.

Mékilé. Gimme some bread.

- We're not handing out rations now. - I'm just asking for mine.

And people carry the bread all over the town.

- They take it to women. - To women?

I'll take mine to children. They're orphans.

We're not in America, where they have more than they need.

Don't touch them! Hietanen!

There you go.

Shoot a Russky between the eyes That'll stop him

Between the eyes, between the eyes Aim at Russkies between the eyes

We scorch Russian foxes and send them home in boxes

Between the eyes, between the eyes Aim at Russkies between the eyes

No one should mess with those girls.

Gogol Street.

Maxim Gorky Street.

Lenin Hill.

Hi, Aleksei!

Aleksei: “Down with Russkies!“

Down with Russkies! Up with Finland!

- Up with Finland! Say it again. - Down with Russkies!

- Say it again. - Down with Russkies!

Tanya.

Aleksei: Down with Russkies!

Down with Russkies! Up with Finland!

- Hi. - Hi.

Here we are again.

- Did you find tea? - Yes, we did.

Music. Records.

Thank you.

Why so sad, Vera?

Stop it. She's grieving for her fiancé.

Vera doesn't have a fiancé.

Why did you come to Russia? Why did you attack us?

Your people started this.

You took my farm. Go see what it looks like back home.

We wouldn't be here if you hadn't attacked.

Listen. Who came... Hitler.

But he will be killed.

Why are you waving your guns around?

How could I know who I'd be running into?

I'll admit, war is evil.

On both sides. No matter who started it.

And those who suffer most are the people...

...who never harmed anyone, like kids.

You talk like we're the bad guys.

But Hietanen gave his bread ration to Aleksei and Tanya.

Our boys share their own rations

to feed the children of kindred nations

who were starving under Bolshevik rule.

You give nothing to children.

You obviously eat everything yourself. You're so fat.

Music.

Stalin's Speeches. Stalin. Yes.

Shall we play it?

Can I take this as a memento?

Take it.

You should've stayed. Two tribes united.

We're not gonna take him there again. He's falling for the enemy.

- I'm not that mushy. - Don't get mad. Just joking.

I'm a basic carefree boy. I don't give a shit about anything.