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Playtime is over, private

I spent last night in jail

New groups to the hall door Fall in...!

My dad came drunk from the winter war and went to work with a hangover

Me too, I came here drunk and started the war with a hangover

he last laggards. Private Riitaoja

If you come pissing me off the hall empties

We have bloody well emptied bigger dance halls, you know

Dismissed!

Company ... Dismissed!

Company ... Fall in!

Forward march. Who the hell is smiling there?

Vanhala, straight face!

At ease! Attention! Dismissed!

Company... double lines... Fall in!

Forward march. No smiling here

If someone can afford to smile in private,

remember,

you cannot guffaw like a horse here

At ease! Attention! Dismissed!

There's no knowing

who gets my heart

Sun valvari vei, sun valvari vei,

who gets my heart

Okay, Hietanen, tell me did you get laid on leave?

We all know that women like officers

Surely they had wet knickers as soon as they laid eyes on you

You don't, for one blessed moment, forget that one thing,

that you always have in mind

You are that kind of a man, Rahikainen,

that if we ever survive this, I'll take you home as a breeding bull

Sun valvari vei, sun valvari vei,

Private

Move it, Riitaoja. We'll all be in shit because of you

Private Viiril�, Sir

hey are like calved from the same tree

Attention! Dismissed!

Fall in!

At ease

Koskela

Group leaders here

All right. Officers. Now you must take care of one thing

The battalion is moved by motor transport to another place,

and because of that -

all extra equipment will be returned to the stores

Your clothes on, and in your rucksacks,

socks, underwear and overcoat. he rest goes into the stores

Try to hurry up

I'll come when I get my own household dismantled

I wonder where we are going? All the way to hell, I suppose?

hat don't know. It's the orders, that's all

Okay, I'll be off. Start moving then

I heard that the messenger said that the battalion clerk knew,

that we'll be taken to Joensuu

that we'll be taken to Joensuu

But I heard from the battalion horsemen,

that we'll go to Helsinki to form a garrison there

We all get new outfits. Every man will get breeches, too

hat's what I heard. It's a wonder what I hear

You'll see boys, this will develop into a scuffle

hat one fool in Germany goes first,

and then our Ruskies'll follow

He's been shooting his mouth, you see, that way,

- so there's no doubt at all. - Attention!

Carry on, carry on

All right. Are we ready?

Broken equipment has to be changed for new

Vuorela's boots

Do you know, boys, what's written on a scout's belt?

"Always ready" . Always ready

Captain, Sir. As I'm no longer a scout,

I'd like to ask, what do we have to be ready for?

Not for war, I hope?

No-o. Going to war doesn't happen just like that

he war is far way, in the Balcans

War moves fast these days. here's lightning war and all

What can you do. I guess we just have to fight

We'll fight, we'll fight

When we get going we go far

hat's it, that's it. Move along then

Attention!

Here's Rahikainen's gear. Let me sign for them

I need new boots

I have no time to give out boots here

Give Vuorela boots at once. Captain's orders

Captain's giving orders like we were in America,

here's more stuff now than anyone needs

But it's always the Captain who orders,

and he wants me to give, anything anyone cries for

No, bloody hell! I never cease to wonder,

how any man can love rags so much

Some men love pretty girls, and that I can understand,

but how in hell rags?

No, I am utterly and totally surprised

I really wonder

like somebody'd hit me over the head with a log

Take them all!

Let's demolish everything

Don't have spears, to click and impress with,

but the best are given away

Do not loose any hope at all

here's always enough rags and rubbish

Will you take red or yellow?

Coffee? Anything else?

Four and fifty. Haven't you got any smaller change?

He, who's just been there, knows what war is,

Are you afraid of a hiding?

I myself favour a bold attack

Justice has always followed the winner's sword, like now

If we loose, let earth cover us and that's that

But now we have to struggle until the last drop of strength -

o destroy Russia, preferably for good and forever

I suppose I'll leave the family where it is?

hat's best

We will not come backwards

he situation is different than last time

It's easy then. Don't have to worry about that

Well, Korsum�ki

We were both there -

in the first round, when we lost

Now we are on our way to another and we'll see what happens

Aren't we getting too old for that game?

lt might bring you one more promotion, though

We'll go far, up to the edge of our dreams

How many sly smiles have we given to those dreams?

I have not smiled

But many have

We are the generation, that turns history around

What would this lovely girl like to sell Rahikainen today?

Parting with longing...

Tonight the rest of the bagels are sold

Help us to fill our duty -

in Your name, our fatherland and our homes...

Help us to fill our duty ...

Cap...!

At ease!

Almighty God,

in whose hands our destiny lies

If you try us with ordeals,

we deserve them, but we pray to You: -

Help us to fill our duty towards Your name,

our homes and our fatherland

Give us strength for even greater sacrifices,

for in Your name Your chosen nation goes towards its destiny

Fill our souls with the same unshaken strength -

and the same patriotism,

which led to death those brothers -

who now lie in the heroes' graves

Bless our whole nation and make it harmonious. Amen

What a sermon! Terrible talk

We're going towards our graves, boys

hat was a good talk. Wars are fought in strong faith

God is our refuge and strength, -

and very present help in trouble...

I must say, boys, those stars are real far away

What I keep wondering is, what's the use of stars

Who the hell needs them? Nobody

hey give some light, though

Light! Sun and moon light I can understand,

but what is the use of that light? Nothing

I rather think, that if I had been God,

I wouldn't have bothered creating stars at all

God did not create them. Man was not created, either

He was born in the sea

Humans were fishes at first

hat has been admitted by even capitalistic scientists

Listen to Lahtinen, boys. Listen, what our Yrj�-boy says

I must have been a perch then because of my humped shoulders

Come angling boys...

Well, well, gills and all...

I've read nothing much, maybe a newspaper sometimes since -

leaving the pitiful village school,

but I know enough not to believe that

Me, a perch

I just wonder awfully

Fish... khihi... Hietanen is a fish

Look... Eerola... hello. Where are you going?

- I don't know. Forwards, I guess. - A minister is talking on the radio

I suppose he knows, where we are going

Hell, I don't know any ministers, and don't want to

Must go, don't want to get left behind. Bye then. - Bye

We can never want war,

but nor can we give up -

our freedom and our unity

he great German army has already dealt damaging blows -

to our common enemy

Our belief in our common victory is firm -

and trusting in the justice of our cause -

we go forth to battle, defending what is holy and valuable to us

Brave men of Finland

Our path is clear and familiar. It has been marked for us -

by our ancestors' great deeds and the valuable heritage they left

by our ancestors' great deeds and the valuable heritage they left

Would you, M�kel�, give me some bread with this broth?

No more rations, so nothing has changed

Goddamn it, gave us rancid herring at the barracks, now this dishwater...

hose, boys, are guns

When they start whispering the neighbour sure runs like hell

Sure, going is easy, when the other side is unprepared

I mean, less haste would do

Not everyone is as ready to go, as they say

Don't know. hey say they've had to tie -

some Northern boys to trees, to stop them going too early

What the hell are you making that noise for?

Don't you, pisshead, know, that you cannot smoke here?

Our lives are at stake here not just yours,

which doesn't count for much, though

Don't you start bossing around

Take it easy now

It's all right to smoke

Rahikainen, how about some credit, till the next payday?

here's no knowing, who's left to sign the next pay

Who's responsible for them then?

I am. No money here, either

If something happens, you get my binoculars

hey're mine, not the state's

You get your own back easily

One has to trust... OK, I trust you

Get up, boys, it's own own guns

Sure thing. Own it is. No point in jumping for that

Let's sit

We're not going anywhere before the morning anyway

How about playing from the top, Ville

Autio promised me two of your machine guns

We'll see when we get there

V�nsk� is excited

he boys say he is always such a macho

Talks of girls' stuff, like he'd had a feel

Gentlefolk, that's what Kariluoto is

His kind cannot even talk of girls and cunts

Less noise from there, too... -

however able you are

Artillery shoots right in front of number two. Slingshots join in

Immediately after that we go without separate orders

Don't let it stop, try to keep it going

Whatever you do, don't lie down under fire

- Are there any questions? - No

All right, Autio. Hold... hold...

Fourth forward!

Forward!

Don't stay... Must not lie down under fire!

Don't lie down...!

Fire their asses!

Ammunition, quick!

Riitaoja! You damned fool. I'll throw you into the swamp

Leave him alone

We're all scared, but that shouldn't keep a man,

goddamn it, from moving even a hand

Anti-tank guns are shooting

- No. It's a tank. - You think so?

- It is. - I doubt that

Doubt all you like, but tank it is all the same

Look at that, Lots of berries coming, flowering nicely

Forward!

No, no. You are mistaken boys, war is not fought that way

Let's cross that little swamp

Let's try it again, lieutenant. We can do it

Let's go, men of the North!

First aid! First aid!

Old... Already... old... man...

Let's go, men of the North!

Au! Aaa!

Not one Russki down. Not even one. I looked when we came

Not one Russki down. Not even one. I looked when we came

he tank got Kaarna. he man got himself killed

No parade to the Urals, then

I mean, the air was thick with lead

We'll see how long this takes

What made me laugh like hell was when the enemy -

ran into the bushes as fast as it could,

ran into the bushes as fast as it could,

and I went after him with a rifle

Of course you never hit anybody with that

hat was the end of Jaakko

So it is, boys, Vuorela went first

I'll write... It's good to send a few lines at least

Take him to the roadside

Hey! There's at least one here on his face

Hey! here's at least one here on his face

* Where?

An officer, he's got shoulder tabs

He's dragged himself a long way

Nails still in the earth

hey don't seem to care much for their comrades

Leaving him to crawl like that

Hello! Tell me, is it cold in the Russky Hell?

his is mine

Look, roubles

Born in 1 9 1 6. Four years older than me

I wrote... a few lines,

not knowing when there's an opportunity again...

o my parents, saying that I will not become a lawyer

My decision is final

When the enemy is beaten, I'll go to military college

I'll be a regular officer

I wasn't sure until after today's attack

Did it feel so great?

Of course not

But it made me decide anyway

What do you do in the civilian life?

his time of the year -

I'd be harvesting hey

Tyynel�!

Soap bars

Unload them carefully

Ukkola!

- Did you get hurt? - No...

ry to avoid the rest!

Crawl forward!

Can't you get forward?

Man killed for nothing. What the hell do the brass know

- Shut up and go forward! - Leave it

You'll get yourself killed. Can't keep them going like that

What can I do then?

We must try to go forward. Let them come or not...

I cannot stop anyway

If just one man could get through with the ammunition

he others could give fire cover

Such a small movement might go unnoticed

I'll try myself...

No. I'll go

his is my job. I have to do it, not you.

Machine gunner's place is not in front

here's no way

Somebody has to get the men moving and that's your job

here's no point otherwise. Ammunition to the front

I'm off now. Don't, for Christ's sake, shoot me in the back

Jesus Christ! hat was some stunt, goddamn it

hat was real action

I cannot hear anything for a while

I'll wait for a bit, until my ears open

Being death it's a bit difficult...

Where was he hit?

In through his cheek, out from the neck

hat's the end of Tyynel�...

Quick end, good end

Riitaoja, you pisshead

Corporal, Sir

Corporal, Sir, Corporal, Sir

You won't get out of this that easy

What are you grinning at?

Not grinning, Sir

It's scary... Whistles... Making a noise like that

Start to cry

Go by the roadside... -

and bring ammunition boxes with you... -

then go with the medics back

here's no way that, you fool, know how to get about

Wake up!

I haven't had a chance to thank you yet

lt was you, who defused the situation. A good deed,

without which it would not have worked

lt would have been called a bad deed before

Anyway, it was your company that did the job today

Good men. Hard to believe they're first timers

Ca-casualties by the road side

yynel� was also there with the others

he priest was there, folding slabs, death slabs

Horses had died in grenades and many men

Why was that one wounded all the time crying "sorry"

Sorry" . hat's what he shouted and then talked dirty

What kind of dirty?

I can't even say

If a dying man can, why can't you?

Je-Je-Jesus Christ, you devil

Must have apologised to both, to make sure

Must not say. Medics with tears in their eyes

Give me. Cannot reach with a pistol

Take seed, but let the machine gun start

Take seed, but let the machine gun start

Fire!

Put the record on, Valse Triste

It's my turn. V�nsk�, goddamn it...

I will not crawl

Bottom of the ditch, M��tt�. Plough the ditch

hat's what I'm doing

One Finnish soldier is as good as ten Russkies -

or eleven Russkies

Goddamn it!

Goddamn it! Haaa!

What did you find?

Sugar. Lumps the size of your fist

Hey! Let's have a share

Give, give. Whenever I find or russtle up something,

the entire regiment is after me

his is for my own group only. Get your own damn sugar

What's the matter?

Sack full of sugar, and he only shares with his own group

You know... -

you're not supposed, to take anything

Not if they belong to somebody

But I guess we can

If the whole platoon gets a share, that is

All right then. But damned if I carry them alone

Don't shoot! Let's take a prisoner

Blew himself up

Guts all over the place. Must have been under his stomach

Stop digging at those guts and get going

Bread porridge. Shouldn't start making an empire with that shit

Bread porridge. Shouldn't start making an empire with that shit

If the food isn't good enough, you can leave it

If the food isn't good enough, you can leave it

You are not ordered to eat it

If that guy comes in my line of fire, he's dead

If he doesn't get it in the front, he gets in in the back

Bloody retard

Have you had you rations?

- Yes, Major. - Jaa-a

Do the boys have tobacco?

Just rolling a smoke, Sir

Right. How does it taste?

Tastes like a fag, Sir. A fag tastes like a fag

All right then

Well, have a good rest. We'll need all the strength we have

Look, boys, at those hips

What a beautiful body

here's so much valuable stuff

tucked in between one meter and sixty centimetres

Rahikainen here is curling up with longing

Life isn't fair

Let's shift loads

I had a longer turn just now

Don't lie. Who the hell can do this alone?

Stop whining. Give me the tripod, goddamn it

Lehto. I'll take over

Look out, you pisshead...

Shut you mouth, Pete, for Christ's sake

How long do they think a soldier will survive with these rations?

he brass think what they think. hey know

They've calculated calories

Go and tell them your're hungry,

and they'll show you calculations,

proving that you cannot be hungry

Don't you know it's not allowed?

Killing is forbidden, too

Fifth commandment, was it?

A tin of food is nothing when,

skulls are breaking all around you

It's OK by me

You're not likely to get any hungrier than you are now

his must be the emergency,

the ration was meant for

I have fought in many wars,

but never have l seen such greediness

Open order!

Ruki veer!

You'd think the great nation had better equipment

he belt is only canvas

Tavarits?

Tavaritsia. Ponimai?

Any other tavaritsia?

Niet. Niet tavarits...

Niet ponimai

Search him

Bloody hell! He would have blown himself up ...and us as well

He's not that kind. Can't you see that

It takes a different sort of man, to do a thing like that

He must be taken to CP. Who's going to take him?

I'll go. Let's get going

- What did he do? - Died

Did he try to escape?

- He wasn't that kind of a man. - Hell, who's going to sort them out

He wasn't trying to escape. You shot him in the back

ln the back. It's just as good as from the front

He's better off this way

Guys have no use of a field kitchen, they've got pots on their heads

Old border

Now, right this very moment, Hietanen goes abroad

- We're in Russia, boys. - So we are

his is where our rights end

We are a bunch of bandits now, you know

Bandits and bandits

We are bandits, when we cross borders

But when Russkies do that they only protect themselves

Doesn't seem to be much worth stealing here

Even to road is not as good as on our side

The forest looks the same, though

I wish I'd see a "mosuri" , damned it

It's not question of petrol shortage,

when the brass drives around with their whores

Seems like a good crop this year

May not get harvested, though

No scythes in the fields

No. his year they roll

hey must be starving

hree days without food

Do you speak Finnish?

Sure I do, pure Finnish. I'm from Ingria

I thought the Ingrians were taken to Siberian prison camps?

What for? We never did anything wrong

ls it better in Russia than in Finland?

How do I know? I've never lived in Finland

By God, the boys are getting caught this time

Who gave you permission to ride in that truck?

No one

What is in those boxes? Show me

Why, just crackers and jam

You're lying

Didn't even Lehto know,

that you are not allowed to leave without permission?

Yes

What insolence. What if l turn you over to a court-martial?

You will lose your stripes and spend time digging ditches

Or what did you think would happen?

It's no use asking me he lieutenant should know -

without asking me

What are you talking about?

Lieutenant Koskela!

I am punishing Sergeant Lehto -

and Privates M��tt� and Rahikainen -

each with a 24-hour close arrest

he punishment is transmuted to two hours standing at attention -

with rifle and full field pack -

starting on the next hour

Reason: absence without leave from a company on a march,

theft of food and -

in the case of Lehto, insubordination to a superior officer

he stolen provisions are to be given to M�kil� -

to be forwarded to the battalion's stores

ls that clear?

Right. Why not.

I cannot see myself standing for two hours

Well

I don't want to interfere,

but I think it might be best, if you stand

By God! I'm not afraid of that idiot

hey can stand me up against a wall, for all I care

He was close to landing in hospital and me in a prison

Well, it's not a question being afraid

It's just the easiest way of dealing with this

But I'll say this, if that bastard -

ever runs into me again, I'll knock his teeth out

he main thing is ... that you stand

he grub will have to go to M�kil�

Not all of it. He never thought of looking how much there was

We'll leave a little at the bottom of the box and eat the rest

I waited a good half an hour for them and nearly got shot

I won't stand at attention for two hours for nothing

All right then

You can go and stand in the middle ,

You can go and stand in the middle ,

being the group leader -

and the biggest criminal

It's a bit like Golgata

Stand there for a while

We not going to waste two hours

Kuovi will go the HQ looking for Lottas

will be asleep soon

If Koskela hadn't got in such a difficult situation here,

If Koskela hadn't got in such a difficult situation here,

wouldn't be standing here

Nothing would have made me do this

They're coming from the east

hey could be ours just as well

No boys... For Christ's sake. Into the forest, boys

I'm not going anywhere. I'm standing my punishment

If you are afraid, go. I'm not going

I don't mind staying

All right then, we'll all hang together

What is the sense of this?

Ask Lammio

If you stay, I'll stay, too

Don't... don't!

Right, then

Are you the company commander?

We are your replacements. Here are the papers

hey are for both of us

All right... You are the sergeant?

Yes, I am. hey gave me my stripes in the Winter War

I don't know what for. I never did anybody any harm

Listen, Lieutenant, fix it so we'll be in the same squad

You should know that. his isn't a reserve regiment

ls that so? Well, I didn't know

You see, we happen to be reservists, me and Wolf's Paw

Whose?

What is your name?

Wolf. Private Wolf, sir

Wolf

I see. And yours?

Rokka. Antero is my first name -

but I've been called Antti all my life and that's what I call myself

Sergeant Rokka, then

We've no place right now for a section leader

You can go to the third Platoon,

Report to Lieutenant Koskela. ls that clear?

Sure. Now if you'll tell us ,

where we find this Koskela, we won't need you any more

What?

Well.. You go left here

Lieutenant Koskela's tent is the last one

Okay. We'll find the way. Come, Paw

He thinks a lot of himself. More of his kind and we won't like it

We'll manage. Don't you worry yourself

He is still young

Put your coat on, Paw. It's getting cold

If you're hungry, there's some bread in the rucksack

ea, boys. I fetched some from the field kitchen

Everybody must know their own kit

he C.O said, go to Koskela

We're your replacements

I'm Rokka and this is Wolf

Why, you are all young boys

Me and Paw, we are already old men

We both have wives and kids

None us has a wife. We are all young heroes

Heroes is what we are, too Paw and me

Ouch, listen to that gun fire

Have you been at the front before?

In the Winter War

We did our trembling in Taipale. We come from Isthmus

hey took our farms, the devils

I wanted to go to Isthmus

I've got a few things to settle there with the neighbour

I don't have any business here

What's the difference where we do our bit

There'll be houses to have all the way to Moscow

I don't know a thing about any Moscows

We don't give a damn about Europe

We'll take Carelia and then go home

You'll tell Koskela, that we'll put the guns in the boats

My good man, it isn't worth mounting a machine gun there

It'll hold us up on the other side, when it has to be dismantled

Listen to me. I am not your good man

I am your superior officer, and you do as you are told

I don't believe I will

At the most we'll put the barrel in the bow

Koskela, we'll put the barrel in the bow

here'll be just enough time for a couple of bursts

Let me row, Lahtinen, I've got nothing to do

You have, at least, been shooting

You take this

I'll go with the boys, we'll have a close fight

We must hurry

We'll come around soon and we may be in trouble

Don't you let the old men boss you about

Let me take it. his is a good gadget

You take grenades... Could have used some in the Winter War

Charge!

hrow it around the corner

As soon as it explodes, I'll go and clean up

hen we'll take next bend and so on

Ukkola

What are you doing with those?

hey are for trading

Who buys them?

Guys in the back

Well, well, of all things...

he way you cleaned up there was something to watch

Don't go praising me, Lieutenant

Don't think I'm that easily led

But listen to me, Lieutenant

You're still young. You still believe in heroes

You want to perform heroic deeds

Me, I don't give a damn for such things

Advance when you're ordered to otherwise keep under cover

he strategy of war is like this

You assess the situation, look where there's cover,

where the shooting comes from, you're fast, but not hasty

Aim first, aim really well and shoot first

hat's how it goes

hat one is shooting at me

Young lad. Oh dear me

The bullets sound the same as ever. The same old whistle

The bullets sound the same as ever. he same old whistle

- Vyborg has been retaken. - Vyborg has been retaken

Vyborg has been retaken

One man has to go with the third Company's -

Second Platoon, which is advancing left

Which of you goes?

he first one goes

Of course we have to hit the worst places

he Second Platoon will assemble at the edge of that field

here's a path from the northern tip to the road

here's a barn in the meadow ...you'll find it

wo hundred meters from where we are now

If the platoon's gone,

follow the path and you'll find it there

- Any questions? - No

his goddamn hero had to volunteer

Go by yourself, if you like it so much in the pitch dark...

- God knows where they are. - Shut up

here's the meadow and the path

Let's skirt around the field, we're sure to hit the path

Let's go back

No, let's find the road

You heard the orders as clearly as I did

Let's go back

For Christ's sake, stop that moaning

I'm not letting him have a chance to sneer at me,

for returning without at least seeing where we're supposed to go

I'll go a little forward

If someone comes take your positions and fight

One of you goes for help

Bloody hell

Aah!

What happened to Lehto?

Happened? Didn't you hear him shout. I'm not staying to get killed

What if he's only wounded. We should at least find out

How do you find out? Anyway he told us to go and get help

Yes, one man

- Where's the tripod? - It's there on the path

I'll get it

Lehto!

Lehto

Don't .. don't... I didn't mean

Vanhala...

Rahikaine...

Aim lower

Bloody squint-eyed idiot. Aim lower!

He's shot himself in the mouth. Must have been badly wounded

hree bullets in the back

Did you see, boys, how he'd dragged himself?

Nails in shreads

Lehto was dead?

Don't rightly know. He didn't answer when we called

Don't stare

Goddamn it... I just wonder -

how a dead man can shoot himself

It's a good thing, it happened to Lehto

It's a good thing, it happened to Lehto

He was the best man to die that way

Why don't you aim instead of shooting at the clouds

hose bushes are crawling with men

Jesus Christ! Stop wasting those cartridges

We haven't enough to shoot the clouds with

Lousy bum of a sergeant. Piss has gone to your head

For Christ's sake! Shut your mouth! Before I do it for you

You are the kind of man, I don't rightly know what you are

Are you all right? Goddamn it. You deserve leave for this

Are you all right? Goddamn it. You deserve leave for this

I don't remember anything. Nothing at all

I just threw it like that

But I was bloody scared. Jesus, l was scared!

I couldn't even Light a cigarette

That's the way

By God, boys!

I'm quite a champion

I don't know what I am. A Finnish hero

If only that buzzing in my head would stop

You don't think anything's gone wrong there?

What's there to go wrong?

hat's the way. Your action showed exemplary resolution

I guess I know best, what you did

because I know how things were. First of all thank you

because I know how things were. First of all thank you

lt is Liberty Cross for you, and re- commendation for sergeants stripes -

We'll get the papers in the pipeline straight away

Okay boys, it really got a beating just now

Let's go and beat its backside now

It needs a lot of nickel from Petsamo

Let's be generous, boys

Let's give them as much as they want

Yes, let them have it

Come and see

Here's an ancient bearded Finn here

A furhat on his head

- Hello, old man. - Hello

- Did they leave you here? - Yes, left all alone

Didn't they leave any salt?

- Need it for the stew, - Nothing

Didn't they leave anything to eat for the old man?

Nothing at all. I was left alone here

- Here's something to start with... - Thank you, thank you

You'll have enough to eat for once

Why, they've left you a basket of bread

hey must have forgotten to say anything

Nothing

Don't worry, we won't take them

But if there's any salt I'll take some of that. - Take, take

his is what I'll take, and we'll give you -

some good stew and tobacco in return

Hello, guys

There it is, Petrosakovsk - basking in the morning sun

here it is, Petrosakovsk - basking in the morning sun

Smoke rising up

The boys are already there stealing all they can

here it is then

And we had to fight for that miserable bunch of shacks

I don't give a damn for that

- If that were K�kisalmi. - Don't mention that name

here it is. When we get there,

There it is. When we get there,

we won't move a muscle for two weeks

we won't move a muscle for two weeks

Don't you believe that. here's a Lot of Russia beyond Petrozavodsk

But we won't go any further

No, we won't

No, no further than that

For sure

hat's it then

I don't care who marches there first,

the fact is, that we opened the way there

And if history books say something else, they lie

It was our company that saw the town first

I meant troops coming from this side

And Viiril� was the first man

Me first

Private Viiril�, the hero of Greater Finland

ry to walk a little

Who are you?

Introduce yourselves

I am Captain Usko Antero Lautsalo

he terror of all the Russians

Fear of God is the best praise

lsn't the Captain going to bed?

Lieutenant, I ask you

I am Captain Esko... -

Usko Antero Lautsalo,

Already in the Winter War I got a nickname -

God's Fury

I ask you by what right you give orders to my men?

I took the liberty of pointing out to your men,

that their behavior is unseemly

Brave men!

Forward march

We still have half a bucket of vodka left

Petroskoi has been taken

Our big target has been achieved

Forward

Russki matuska. Who dares? Liepuska, liepuska

Kuksinaatta, kuksinaatta, liepuska

I'll be damned...

- Aren't we going this way? - No, this way

- Bastards like that. - Where do they come from?

Miss Kotilainen

If you bring the flour and the sugar here I'll come and get them

And there'll be more of these

Right, tomorrow then

And there are many others. If you need and if you know -

that somebody needs, I will arrange

And women I mean

And I don't take much commission. I know of several

One of them with breasts like two little pigs bottoms

Well, we'll have to see, we'll see

How could I know, who I'd run into?

Why did you come? Why didn't you leave us alone?

hat's war for you

Nothing but destruction on both sides,

no matter who starts it

Everyone suffers -

even those,

who have done no harm to anyone

Look what I found. Records of Stalin's speeches

Look what I found. Records of Stalin's speeches

Nice pastime to brighten up soldiers' lonely nights

his is really sankia priha

- Very sankia priha. - Very sankia

You'll let me have this... to remember you by

Take it

Attention!

Eyes... right!

All ready to move

he trucks will be here in an hour. Hurry up

- Bloody hell! - We won't go

Goddamn it

Who is talking?

We are not going anywhere

Is that so. I have a different idea

Any man who is not ready in one hour, must know,

that he'll be facing - a court-martial

Goddamn it, we're not going anywhere

he officers can go with their Lottas

Put Koskela in command and we'll go

his isn't the Red Guard,

where the officers are elected by show of hands

ls that clear?

I'm ordering you for the last time

And after that, I'll use less pleasant measures

Let's not go

Shouldn't you get started?

Don't take too much junk with you

Give me a cigarette, you turd

All right, you butchers, let's get it over with. It's damned cold

Blindfolds. - I'm not dying with any rag over my eyes

I looked into a rifle barrel more often that you have -

from behind, even though you are murderers

Aim!

Attention

Fire

his sentence was carried out so that,

you would understand,

that the army cannot afford to take insubordination lightly

I hope and trust, that reading papers like this -

in this battalion will not be needed

in this battalion will not be needed

But should it be necessary, the army regulations -

will be enforced in all their severity

Goddamn it!

Bullets and death

Bullets and death

Were having to scamble here. I don't know,

what I might have that they would take

I've got my life, but that would be easier to save somewhere else

I have no fatherland, my faith was left in school

Some kind of a home I have, but even that is rented

I only have my mother

If the Russkies can use that old woman -

for something, let them take her, sod it

Why don't you pull, bloody hell. You're not even sweating

Why don't you pull, bloody hell. You're not even sweating

I don't need to get sweating

Just so that the sIed moves

That's rig ht. That's the best place

hat's right. hat's the best place

We may get off slightly, But if they come,

- give them everything you've got. - Of course we will

Who do you think is going -

to stand with his finger in his mouth waiting to be killed

to stand with his finger in his mouth waiting to be killed

Look out. Russkies out there

Enemy in front

Now we've had it

Let's go and fight for home and religion now

If something happens, don't leave the group, all right

ls that clear?

I'll take that

Boys, no t one step backwards!

Boys, not one step backwards!

Stay in you positions!

Stretcher bearers! Stretcher bearers!

Uraaaa!

They're running. Let's go

Not before the others

Hurry! Dump the stuff out of the sled and put him in...

Go. I'll try to hold them off...

Snow won't stop them

All right then

See you on the tanner's rafters

Lahtinen!

Where did you come from? What's the matter with you?

Where's Lahtinen and the machine gun?

Back there -

side by side

It couldn't be helped. his man did what he could

- We brought a wounded man. - I don't care whose fault it was

I asked about the machine gun and Lahtinen

Me, too

Lets get a firing line set up. he Russkies'll be here soon

Hietanen, take a few men and cover the left flank

M��tt� and Salo, come with me to the right flank

Listen, lieutenant

Where do you need a really good man? Here's one for you

he end of the line is the worst. Take a few men -

and cover our left flank

Suits me fine. I'll take Sihvonen with me

It might be better to take a somebody else

Sihvonen is still all shaken up about what happened

I don't need anyone good. Just someone to reload drums

Okay, come Sihvonen

It's always damned good fun with me

You should see how good felt boots I got today

Had a job getting them off him, that's how stiff he was

We cannot do anything

How the hell do you know beforehand?

Hell of a cunning plan

hey heard our damned racket and knew where we were -

and sent this bunch to go around

What bloody instinct I have

I knew all along that something was up

Here's the loaded drums

As fast as I empty them you fill them

Don't worry, just relax. Like me

We're in no danger here

If you can sing, hum something quietly

It helps you stay cheerful

You have to use these mind strategies

An officer. When he reaches that little pine,

he' going to meet his end

hat's how I've decided about his fate

Where are you going?

Nowhere

Get back to you place then. You can't leave. I'd run short of drums

lt was that bastard behind the pine

You, pisshead, you cut my head open

And that's why I'm going to blow half your head off

Cut cognac. How do you cut cognac?

Cheers. Here's to good luck!

We'll have to drink to that first,

for having spared us so long

Gentlemen, a toast to our commander-in-chief

Nothing coming, but let's take it out

I am a regular soldier

A professional soldier, like my father

Nothing more and nothing less

Hard guys

hat's what I say,

so that no other bunch will come to bother us

We've gone through a lot, boys

And to be honest

Lehto was the best

Didn't need to get himself killed

Riitaoja

It's been hard, boys, men cut down like grass

Lahtinen was one of the best

Well, I've got to pay a few visits

What do you say, chief?

Men come and men go -

and answer for their own doings

All right then

What the hell is the blanket for?

What the hell is the blanket for?

I need something to lie on

It's no good on bare ground

Take this stick with you

I believe he'll be back

He'll go through this war without a scratch

He's so crooked, that bullets won't hit him

He's a salesman all right

Sold his girl's mother for two cigarette packs in Petroskoi

Boys. It is Mannerheim's birthday today

Surely we should toast him?

I can sing the song of our commander-in-chief

- hat's a bloody mutiny song. - Yes, yes, but go on singing

When I was a kid we used to sing that -

and my uncle especially

But... the songs ended -

from uncles Aleksi and Aku

I stood on the porch -

and watched as -

the riflemen took -

both my uncles

Take

Actually they we no uncles - just men

Boys like you now

Koskela, is that why the rebellion...

hat's it, yes

I can't have been more than five, but I remember it Like yesterday

I also remember dad coming back, from the prison camp

We we scared at first

he old man looked as if he'd risen from the dead

I know more of that song

- Shall I play? - Play

One is enough. One, one one, one... One's enough

But boys, hey

he one, where Lo-lotta Lundgren

Hey in the stalls

Now I remember...

Socialist Soviet Union badge...

Look, boys...

I remember all kinds of things

I'll put it there

I'm a defender of our fatherland

Yokkantii... Oi, Kalinka, Kalinka...

Go to hell!

Kalinka moja. V sadu jagoda kalinka, kalinka moja!

Oi, Kalinka, Kalinka, Kalinka moja...

Kalinka, kalinka...

Look boys, I'm an airplane

Look boys, I'm an airplane

... in the blue sky!

Heroes of the blue -

Heroes of the blue -

attacking the enemy's carrion birds

Where are you going?

More, more, more

More. It's our company that's the best

Seriously...

Lammio, Lammio, Lammio...!

Down. Down...

Now there's a stone. What do you say, shall we lift it?

It can't be done... It's too heavy

Up, you bastard

So... no, you don't challenge Lyytinen?

I haven't challenged Lyytinen

So as you want, but not Lyytinen

So as you want, but not Lyytinen

Lyyti is mine and Tyyne is yours

- Heil Hitler! - Now!

Gentlemen. A toast! A toast to all officers

Our role is clear

We are the backbone of the army

Finland falls with us -

or stands with us

What a bloody doorman you think you are?

Siberia bolshoi taika

What's that?

Topra huja

Whos's speaking Russian here?

Koskela of Finland. Eats raw iron and shits steel chain

Tara rai... tara rai rai rai rai...

What have you got against me?

Union sovjet socialist repuplika...

Komsomolski, harashoo...

Vierushka, matushka...

I can speak Finnish, too, and best if you stick to it as well

Bloody hell...

Goddamn it...

Russki...

Hey! What are you doing carrying the man like that?

Hey! What are you doing carrying the man like that?

What's the matter? Have you been hit?

Nobody's hit anybody

Try to get him to bed

He got so violent we had to tie him up

Beautiful. Really beautiful

It explains everything, all of you in the same condition

What the hell did you drink?

Beer. And what a brew,

only me and Vanhala are still on our bins

We'd have offered some to our guests, if there was any left

You're responsible for the section until,

Koskela and Hietanen sober up

What would you do, if an order came to stand to?

Hell! Me and Vanhala'd get a gun in position -

and send so much hot lead flying in this direction and that way -

and we'd give them such a hiding, that they'd run

But hey, you'd better have no more

I get to be the company leader now and again

All the same, I wouldn't mind,

but it wouldn't be proper, somehow

How about some pickled herrings from the kitchen

I'd pay you back one day in some miraculous way

I'd pay you back one day in some miraculous way

One should always help a friend in need

Go drink some more beer. hat'll cure you hangover

Do you know where there is any?

Steal a pot from somewhere and make some

You sure keep harping on that one measly pot?

I didn't take that pot. he boys did

and I couldn't very well come and tell you, could I?

One has to show solidarity in one's own group

I'm sure you understand that

Give me a few herrings, will you

Eat it where the others can't see. I'd have the whole crowd after me

Eat it where the others can't see. I'd have the whole crowd after me

And don't come asking for a while

Thanks. That'll keep me going for six months. Thanks a lot

Thanks. hat'll keep me going for six months. Thanks a lot

Do you think we'll lose this war?

Do you?

o me the whole show's gone to pieces

Soon the men don't give a damn who wins

Officers' dugouts are fitted with fire places

hen they compete about who's got the finest

I think we're finished

I've began to suspect that

ls this Lieutenant Koskela's dugout?

hat's right

Lieutenant, sir. Permission to speak?

I should think it's possible

Would the lieutenant be Lieutenant Koskela himself?

Yes I am

Lieutenant, sir

Private Honkajoki A, A One he first A is for -

my first name Aarne, the second A and the number one is my category -

reporting for duty with the lieutenant's platoon -

having previously served in the Fiftieth Infantry Regiment -

Machine Company Number Two,

been wounded and sent to military hospital,

and from there ordered here,

I'm now reporting for for military duty again,

having resolved to sacrifice both my own -

and the bottled blood given me in the hospital -

in the cause of the fatherland -

and the liberty of my nation

Well, welcome to the platoon

hose bunks are free. You can take them

And what is the name of the second man?

Hauhia. Hauhia, Lieutenant, sir

All right then. It'll be fine

And we are not used to going for rank here

We're all in first name terms, so just relax

Of course, that only applies to me, not all officers

Yes, sir... Lieutenant

If they start coming, pull this string

it sounds a bell in the dugout... and don't get nervous

Take time to aim accurately

What's it like to shoot a man?

I don't know. All I've shot were Russkies

Aren't they humans?

No they're not... Well, I don't know

Don't you start bothering your conscience

At least leave that until it's all over

Look here

Always keep a look out

here are fourteen bodies

Mark their places, so that you remember

And if they come, you won't mistake living men for dead

hey say you get used to fear, is that true?

Don't you get used to that

Fear's a bad companion. Kick it away, if it tries to come near

Well, old man. What do you know?

Go home, but mind you don't come here again

You can take your turn alone now

But if you're the least bit unsure, say so

No. I'll be all right

As long as you remember what I've told you

Sniper?

Yes. He was going to fire, the cartridge is still in the barrel

I saw a helmet there, too

It was sticking up so far, it had to be a trap. I sounded the alarm

he damn fool

He shouldn't have been sent out alone

No one can say, that he wasn't warned

- Colonel, Sir. - Carry on

What is this?

Who do you think you are?

A sentry

A sentry's no man to pick on

He's got his duty to perform

What's that you're doing?

Carving a lampstand

Can't you see? It's starting to take shape

his'll be a fine stand, one of the best

Don't you know you're on guard?

Of course I do. Why else would I be here?

What's your name?

Rokka. Antero is my first name, that's all I have

Rokka. You'll hear about this

Rokka. Order from Lammio to you and your section -

to clean up around the command post -

and decorate the paths with stone borders

Whoever wants can go. Me, I'm not going

Not without an officer. How could we manage by ourselves

Well, well, round stones...

All right, I'll inform Lammio, of your refusal

Help, hey! Down

his man has to be well taken care of

I may need him

What? Who is this man?

his one?

His name is Baranov

I took him prisoner last night

hey say you've been threatening to hand me a prison sentence

I thought maybe me and him could go together

What kind of a man are you?

Me?

Don't you know me?

I'm Antti Rokka

A farmer from Isthmus

At the moment I boost bullets

Lieutenant. Take the prisoner out and send for the interpreter

He's a valuable prize. We've wanted one for a long time

ell me seriously, why do you find army discipline -

so frightening that you have to -

resist it at every turn?

Why, I don't know about discipline, I've never needed any

He's the fellow to blame for everything

Ever since I came here he's been picking on me

I'll tell you again, I came here willingly

l wanted to get Isthmus back

I'm not running about here for your sakes

I've got wife and kids at home and I should be here jumping -

like a dog every time you say so. No way, no way!

I know very well that we're losing this war

And the nearer we come to that, the sillier the jobs you give us

You seem to think that we're here so there's always someone standing -

before you clicking his heels, and repeating Yes, sir, Yes, sir...

hat isn't the reason. But what you call kowtowing,

is the outward sign of discipline, and when it's lacking,

those half million men would be incapable -

of doing what they are here to do,

which is to defend Finland

And your statement that we've lost the war isn't true

Nothing decisive has occurred so far

No! Everything is lost

I've known it for a long time

Tell me, Rokka, where you'd find another company commander,

who would take as much as I have taken from you?

Think before you answer

Think?

Now you're talking as if there's been any sense in your game

So don't try that talk on me!

Call that lieutenant back and let's have the inquiry

Hell, I've had enough!

My patience has finally run out!

he battalion can get along very well without you

he war is never dependent on one man, no matter how good

I will forgive you, however

But I forgive you for the present only

And on this condition

You are not to breathe a word of these discussions to anyone

And from now you'll obey orders like the rest

I have no personal desire to break you,

but if at any time I regard it as essential,

I will do so. Dismissed!

Nobody is buying lampstands any more

Let's start making coffins

No money in that line. hey'll bury you without one

Take some lake water in your bottles,

because soon it's too late

Kill you officers, throw your guns on neutral ground -

come and help us. Everyone will have work and bread

Save your lives

Finland's workers. You don't have to fight while,

the Germans are raping you wives and sisters

As the hour is late, a prayer for this humble hut is in order

Preserve us from the enemy's wiles -

and above all from his snipers -

and anti-tank guns

Our rations could also be a little larger,

if Thou still hadst stores in hand -

for Thy children's needs. Give us bearable weather,

that we may better stand guard over Thy cause

Moonlit nights would be welcome to ease anxiety

and to save our depleting stores of flares

Protect all patrols, sentries and seamen -

and drivers ...gunners don't matter so much

Protect our commander- in-chief, our chief of staff

and lesser brass accordingly, if Thou hast time to spare

Protect the army commander, division commander,

regiment commander, battalion commander,

and especially the machine gun company commander

And finally and particularly,

preserve the Finnish leaders,

from bashing their heads against a karelian pine a second time

Amen

Don't be afraid! Come on, let's go

We're in God's hands now

What's you name?

hey should know my name, since they came home to get me

hat's the truth

Well, you do have a name?

Aye. Private Korpela

Fire that goddamned hill over there

If we break off quietly -

and go around along the brook, we'll slip through like a dog

We've got clear orders

rue, but they don't alter the situation

Karjula knows the situation, there's no point in explaining

But Karjula doesn't know what he's asking

lt only hurts once

Forward!

Rinta... his is where it ends

Let's try, boys, once more! Forward!

Now it's finished... No more...

- Major, sir, the enemy... - Where?

- Over there. - Positions! hey've gone round

Medic!

Aaaaa!

Hell! Stay in the hole!

Stay in the hole!

Stay in the hole!

Well?

What... what happened?

Don't worry

Keep as still as you can

Koskela? - Yes. Don't move. You got a bash on your nose

It hurts

My forehead is numb

You were hit in the nose. It's not bad...

I don't know. I've lost my eyes

Give me a pistol

Don't worry. We'll be at the clearing station soon

I can't stand it. My head's on fire. It's terrible

I can't take this for long. Give, give, I'll die anyway

Believe me, I won't. You'll be all right. You won't die

It just cut them open. he bridge is broken, that's all

Take it easy

After all, life doesn't depend on seeing

If we live, we'll meet again. I'll come and see you

Goodbye then! Give my best to the boys!

Take care of yourself!

No eyes. No point in crying

I don't want. I cannot do this, goddamned it

I am a regular carefree guy

Bloody hell, bloody hell...

My feet are on fire!

Help! Help! he car's on fire...

Aaaa...!

Oh Christ...!

I'll kill... I'll kill you all!

I'll kill... I'll kill you all!

I'll kill... I'll kill you all!

Finns and the Russkies. I'll kill... for Christ's sake!

I'm on fire!

Come here, goddamn it, I'll kill!

The brook line has to hold

Impossible. Going on at the moment is -

a Russian attack and it cannot be stopped

he machine guns won't go,

but I will bring the battalion

hat won't be opened for a while then

- Dump in the pond? - Yes, dump

Good bye, gun

Bloody millstone, you won't be a burden any longer

Bloody millstone, you won't be a burden any longer

We'll keep one. Do you want to take yours?

We'll keep one. Do you want to take yours?

It's all the same to me

Get going!

Get out of here. I'll follow

- Go! - What's the matter ?

- Go! - What's the matter?

I'm hit. Run!

I'm hit. Run !

Hey, boys I can't stay on my feet. Not that way!

Okay, that's better. hat's it

Boys, do you know where Antti is going?

o his wife, Lyyli. Antti's war is over

Thanks to your hasty evaluation of the situation,

we're about to have our flank destroyed

Also, you got the battalion out through the ponds for no reason

You wasted two precious hours, and we lost our best positions

Having to move the wounded made our position too vulnerable

Anyway, the men were too demoralised to fight well

I know all about the situation

Now I want you to position your battalion quickly

Prepare for assault from the edge of the marsh

New anti-tank guns will arrive soon

Lieutenant Ovaska will take over the machine guns

I gave orders to dump the machine guns in a pond -

so that the men could carry the wounded. I only kept one

ln a pond! By God, Lieutenant!

Mutiny... Deliberate aid to the enemy

I ordered you to bring out your equipment

Machine gunners are machine gunners -

Not stretcher bearers

You were the battalion commander, not a bloody nurse

Well, you can save your reputation by holding the line

Get some steel into your spine

And you men. What are you, sheep or Finnish soldiers?

Your duty is to hold a position or die

All you know is how to run. You ought to be ashamed!

I certainly would be ashamed to call myself a Finn,

if I'd catch myself running like you

Any man who leaves his post will find,

that there's a paragraph in the military code for him

We neither ask or give quarter

here was a man from Arimatia...

I can't ride this and I'm tired. My shoes are hurting

- Won't you take me on your cart? - Hell. I've never yet

carted dung on a Sunday. And I'm not going to start now

What did you tell that girl just now?

I said what I said

I've got enough of a load without carting whores

No need for the brass to advise, that's for sure

You're going too far

One more word and you'll regret it

Hey, men! Drivers, hey!

Who is that goddamned pisshead,

walking after me?

here used to be flies around horse's ass before

Are they coming after men now?

You're under arrest. You two men get over here at once

ake this man's rifle and belt

Come on you bastards, help me lift!

All right, run... Run like hell

Leave the poor horse here to be killed

Keep away from me. I don't need help from the likes of you

Get me transferred right away. I want to move to another unit

What other unit? What are you talking about?

Jesus Christ! I'd drive into hell,

to get away from you

I warn you for the last time

Don't think that this army -

will let anyone spit in its face even if it should lose

Who's spitting in whose face?

Stop clutching that pistol

o hell with it, let the damn cart stay here

torturing poor dumb beasts -

as though they'd done someone harm

Go on! Why should you stay here to be tortured. Go!

Bloody sheep. Take your positions! Not one step further!

Anyone still running, faces death!

Halt! Where do you think you 're going?

Halt! Where do you think you're going?

To hell

For the last time, stop!

Men! Under the articles of war I condemned a traitor to death

Men. It's Finland's fate. Here. Now. Play is over

Men. It's Finland's fate. Here. Now. Play is over

Everyone, who runs will meet the same fate

Everyone, who runs will meet the same fate

Russians, Russians. Red bastards. Come on

We're murdering our own here. Come and take everything

take you positions! Goddamn! Stop!

Give me a machine gun... Stop! For Christ's sake

Eerola is finished soon

You should go and try something

He's become restless, and l cannot give more morphine

He's vomiting all the time anyway

Has Eerola been asking for me?

Has Eerola been asking for me?

No, but he's afraid to die. He must be praying

Perhaps you could get him to calm down

Eerola, Eerola

Koskela, do you want a smoke?

Ah... thanks

I guess I fell asleep

- They're walking all over us - No they're not. here are mines

- Have you got the ammunition? - Yes

I'll go behind that stone

We have taken the first step -

towards peaceful relations -

with our great eastern neighbour

Let peaceful and friendly -

relations between us -

and other nations be our aim

his moment, this resolution is most serious for our nation...

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