
After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon. A five-part television miniseries extension of Pekka Parikka's 1989 film of the same name.

as Martti Hakala

as Jussi Kantola

as Pentti Saari

as Juho ”Jussi” Pernaa

as Erkki Somppi

as Arvi Huhtala

as Aatos Laitila

as Veikko Korpela

as Matti Ylinen

as Mauri Haapasalo

as Yrjö Haavisto

as kapteeni Sihvo

as Jorma Potila

as Matti Laurila

as Eino Nisula

as Jaakko Rajala

as Yrjö ”Ylli” Alanen