Sauna
NR
2008
83 minutes
Overview
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.
Top Cast
Ville Virtanen
Eerik
Tommi Eronen
Knut
Viktor Klimenko
Semenski
Rain Tolk
Rogosin
Kari Ketonen
Musko
Sonja Petäjäjärvi
Son
Vilhelmiina Virkkunen
Daughter
Taisto Reimaluoto
Host
Ismo Kallio
Village Elder
Kati Outinen
Old Woman
Dick Idman
Roukkula
Ivo Kubečka
Monk
Elena Leeve
Host’s Daughter (voice)
Elena Spirina
Rogosin's Mother's Lullaby (voice)
Peter Holmlund
Interpreter for the Swedes
Asko Vainio
Ondrei Suurinen
Timo Halonen
Swedish knihti
Eero Jaakkola
Swedish knihti
Aleksei Kettunen
Russian streltz
Juha Linna
Russian streltz
Stefano Pallanza
Russian streltz
Antti Eskola
Ostrobothnian Peasant
Markku Salo
Ostrobothnian Peasant
Heikki Tuomaala
Karelian Peasant
Ari Wirta
Kaatamo Peasant
Tarmo Leppänen
Kaatamo Peasant
Kari Nurmi
Kaatamo Peasant
Olavi Kari
Kaatamo Peasant