The Border (2007 film)

2007 Finnish film

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 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 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

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* 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

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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

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

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