Sven Tuuva the Hero

Sven Tuuva the Hero

5.7IMDb Score
Released:1958-12-19
Genre:War,Drama
Duration:141 min
Country:Finland
Director:Edvin Laine
Actors:Veikko Sinisalo, Edvin Laine, Fanni Halonen, Salme Karppinen, Leif Wager
Production:Suomen Filmiteollisuus

Overview:

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.

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