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)
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
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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003
Stats: 150 reviews
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September 20, 2009
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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)
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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)
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February 17, 2008
Really funny! Three people who cannot understand each other trying to communicate, and for the most part failing!!
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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...
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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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