Sven Tuuva the Hero

• 5.0 War
• 1958-12-19
• 141 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Veikko Sinisalo (Sven Tuuva) Edvin Laine (Sven's Father) Fanni Halonen (Sven's Mother) Salme Karppinen (Kaarina Kinnunen) Leif Wager (Sandels) Kauko Helovirta (Duncker) Mirjam Novero (Mrs. Maria Duncker) Aarne Laine (Örn) Leevi Kuuranne (Kustaa IV Aadolf) Tommi Rinne (Spets)

Director:

Edvin Laine

Writer:

Väinö Linna Juha Nevalainen