The Winter War

1989 film directed by Pekka Parikka

Movie Film Q1754126

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Pekka Parikka^[1]
Genre: war film, drama film^[5]^[6]
Publication date: November 30, 1989^[29]
Screenwriter: Antti Tuuri, Pekka Parikka^[2]^[3]
Based on: The Winter War^[8]
Producer: Marko Röhr^[23]
Facet of: Winter War in popular culture^[34]
Nominated for: International Submission to the Academy Awards^[35]
Duration: +199^[40]
After a work by: Antti Tuuri^[38]
Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.66:1^[41]
Capital cost: +19000000^[42]
Cast member: Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Esko Kovero, Martti Suosalo, Markku Huhtamo, Konsta Mäkelä, Taneli Mäkelä, Heikki Paavilainen, Antti Raivio, Matti Onnismaa, Tomi Salmela, Samuli Edelmann, Vesa Mäkelä, Aarno Sulkanen, Kari Kihlström, Esko Salminen, Kari Sorvali, Ari-Kyösti Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Ville Virtanen, Eero Melasniemi, Pertti Sveholm, Helena Haavisto, Kalevi Kahra, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Leena Suomu, Miitta Sorvali, Leea Klemola, Ahti Kuoppala, Juuso Hirvikangas^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Color: color^[27]
Composer: Juha Tikka^[4]
Country of origin: Finland^[28]
Different from: Winter War^[39]
Director of photography: Kari Sohlberg^[25]
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work^[37]
Main subject: World War II, Winter War, cold-weather warfare^[31]^[32]^[33]
Named after: Winter War^[7]
Narrative location: Finland^[30]
Original language of film or TV show: Finnish^[26]

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Production company: National-Filmi^[24]
Set in period: Winter War, World War II, 20th century, 1940s
Title: Talvisota^[36]

🏷️ Also known as

en The Winter War en Talvisota en Winter War da Talvisota da Vinterkrigen de Winterkrieg de Talvisota fa جنگ زمستان fr La Guerre d'Hiver ja ウィンター・ウォー厳寒の攻防戦 ko 겨울전쟁 ko 겨울전쟁: 105일간의 전투 pl Wojna zimowa ro Războiul de iarnă ru Talvisota ru Зимняя война sv Talvisota sv Vinterkriget tr Kış Savaşı (film) uk Зимова війна (фільм)

🔖 Identifiers · 47

AllMovie title ID: v120117
Allcinema film ID: 2283
AlloCiné film ID: 4345
DNF film ID: 127427
Daum movie ID: 11272
Douban film ID: 1305212
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 7611, 39041
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/DF1B-88E9-D083-063B-8BAF-5
ElFilm film ID: 98101
Elonet movie ID: 126330
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/winterkrieg
FilmAffinity film ID: 602009

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FilmPolski ID: 104407
FilmVandaag ID: film/25416
Filmová databáze film ID: 42131
Filmweb.pl film ID: 128440
Freebase ID: /m/03c9qqh
Garance item ID: 12014047
IMCDB work ID: 98437
IMDb ID: tt0098437
ISAN: 0000-0002-2032-0000-3-0000-0000-S
Kinobox film ID: 260786, 539555
Kinopoisk film ID: 135077
LUMIERE film ID: 5067
Letterboxd film ID: the-winter-war
MovieLens movie ID: 8589
MovieMeter film ID: 18518
Moviepilot.de film ID: winterkrieg
NientePopCorn movie ID: talvisota
OFDb film ID: 32612
PORT film ID: 37978
Plex media key: 5d77685861141d001fb190f3
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/440659895, m/talvisota
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 42727
Sratim ID: tt188945
Swedish Film Database ID: 19564
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 92309
TMDB movie ID: 29383
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 127665
TheTVDB movie ID: 20590
TheTVDB series ID: 257211
Trakt.tv ID: movie/18473, movies/the-winter-war-1989, shows/talvisota
Trakt.tv film ID: 18473
Work available at URL: elonet.finna.fi
Yle Areena item ID: 1-563119
YouTube video ID: YzpkHFozcZI
ČSFD film ID: 154276

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 14

Ville Virtanen, Samuli Edelmann, Esko Salminen, Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Esko Nikkari, Martti Suosalo, Leea Klemola +6 more

Genre 2

drama film, war film

Main subject 2

World War II, Winter War

Screenwriter 2

Antti Tuuri, Pekka Parikka

Country of origin 1

Finland

Director 1

Pekka Parikka

Instance of 1

film

Named after 1

Winter War

Narrative location 1

Finland

Original language of film or TV show 1

Finnish

Producer 1

Marko Röhr

Set in period 1

Winter War

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Winter War — director (P57): Pekka Parikka. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Winter War — screenwriter (P58): Antti Tuuri. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Winter War — screenwriter (P58): Pekka Parikka. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Winter War — composer (P86): Juha Tikka. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Winter War — genre (P136): war film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Winter War — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Winter War — named after (P138): Winter War. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Winter War — based on (P144): The Winter War. Elonet. Retrieved 2020-10-15. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Vesa Vierikko. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Timo Torikka. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Esko Kovero. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Martti Suosalo. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Markku Huhtamo. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Konsta Mäkelä. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Taneli Mäkelä. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Heikki Paavilainen. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Antti Raivio. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Matti Onnismaa. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Tomi Salmela. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Samuli Edelmann. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Vesa Mäkelä. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Winter War — cast member (P161): Aarno Sulkanen. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Winter War — producer (P162): Marko Röhr. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Winter War — production company (P272): National-Filmi. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Winter War — director of photography (P344): Kari Sohlberg. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Winter War — original language of film or TV show (P364): Finnish. themoviedb.org. themoviedb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Winter War — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Winter War — country of origin (P495): Finland. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Winter War — publication date (P577): November 30, 1989. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Winter War — narrative location (P840): Finland. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Winter War — main subject (P921): World War II. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Winter War — main subject (P921): Winter War. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Winter War — main subject (P921): cold-weather warfare. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Winter War — facet of (P1269): Winter War in popular culture. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Winter War — nominated for (P1411): International Submission to the Academy Awards. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Winter War — title (P1476): Talvisota. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Winter War — has characteristic (P1552): film based on literature. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Winter War — after a work by (P1877): Antti Tuuri. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Winter War — different from (P1889): Winter War. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Winter War — duration (P2047): 199 minutes. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Winter War — aspect ratio (W:H) (P2061): 1.66:1. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Winter War — capital cost (P2130): 19000000 Finnish markka. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

8d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 12014047

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62865: Garance ID - Films, 198X"
9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 98437

"Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 98437, batch #269964"
10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

After a work by → Antti Tuuri

"Created claim: After a work by: Antti Tuuri, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788062380436"
10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → Winter War, World War II, 20th century +1

"Created claim: Set in period: 1940s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787856307365"
11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 42131

"Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 42131, batch #269266"
11w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Main subject → World War II, Winter War, cold-weather warfare

"Created claim: Main subject: cold-weather warfare, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787360502716"
12w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → Winter War, World War II, 20th century +1

"Created claim: Set in period: World War II, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786777714293"
19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → Winter War, World War II, 20th century +1

Publication date → +1989-11-30T00:00:00Z

Screenwriter → Antti Tuuri, Pekka Parikka

Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+199'}

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