Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov

September of 1944, a few days before Finland withdraws from the Second World War: a chained-to-a-rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze named Veikko manages to set himself free; and Ivan, a captain in the Sovi...( read more  read more... )et Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh,' has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman named Anni gives shelter to both of them in the tiny hut on her backwoods farm. For Anni they are not enemies; just men. Unable to speak each other's language, the two men begin to fall in love with the woman, and are forced to let only their body language speak for them.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Release Date: July 11, 2003

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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003

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  • September 20, 2009
    As is the case with "Slumdog Millionaire", it's unlikely that the specifics of this plot were born of anything more compelling than a desire to maximize potential profits by tapping several different markets at once. Nor is the final result terribly deep or moving. Still, a wel...( read more)l-meaning story is told and an interesting situation explored, all in a predominantly believable manner.
  • January 4, 2009
    I was first interested to watch this to see how different it is from No Man's Land. It couldn't be more different. While both movies are funny in their own ways, Kukushka does not aim at the poignancy that No Man's Land achieves. But it does leave a deep impression, right from th...( read more)e detailed illustration of Veiko's escape at the start leading to how each of the characters converge at the oasis that is Anni's farmstead, and they were detached from the on-going war.
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  • August 11, 2008
    Foreign, Russian/Finnish/Lapp. This is a good movie and it was done very well. It's about 2 men and 1 lady coming together in the latter stages of WWII (1944). 1 man speaks Finnish (the Nazi), 1 man speaks Russian (a Russian soldier) and 1 lady speaks Lapp (she's a native Lapp...( read more)lander) and none can understand each other, yet they seem to communicate and try to get along. It's a very good movie and I definitely recommend it!
  • August 5, 2008
    Good, but they should have communicated better.
  • June 10, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • February 17, 2008
    Really funny! Three people who cannot understand each other trying to communicate, and for the most part failing!!
  • November 22, 2007
    I experienced this movie as pretty still and boring. In retrospect, my impressions were altered, especially after seeing the ending and what I've read about the movie. But I still don't know if I liked it or not...
  • August 2, 2007
    Foreign flick. Slow in the beginning, but worth the watch.
  • April 17, 2007
    Really good movie. 3 peolpe meet up in chance and have no idea what the other is saying, watch it for you self

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  • WrellikW
    August 11, 2008
    This was a very good movie and it was done very well!

    Take care all,
    William
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