- Country: Finland
- Genres: Drama, War
- Release: 1985-12-06
- Director: Rauni Mollberg
- Writers: Veikko Aaltonen , Väinö Linna , Rauni Mollberg
- Language: Finnish | Russian | German
- Stars: Risto Tuorila , Pirkka-Pekka Petelius , Paavo Liski , Mika Mäkelä , Pertti Koivula , Tero Niva , Ossi-Ensio Korvuo , Mikko Niskanen , Pauli Poranen , Hannu Kivioja
- Runtime: 197 min
- Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: The Unknown Soldier (United Kingdom) , Soldats inconnus (France, French Republic) , Незнайният воин (Bulgaria) , Le soldat inconnu (France, French Republic) , Az ismeretlen katona (Hungary) , Der Unbekannte Soldat , Den ukendte soldat (Denmark) , Okänd soldat (Sweden) , The Unknown Soldier , Tuntematon sotilas , Okänd soldat (Finland) , Nieznany żołnierz (Poland) , Ukjent soldat (Norway) , Неизвестный солдат , The Unknown Soldier (United States of America) , 若き兵士たち 栄光なき戦場 (Japan)
- Plot: This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). The film tells the story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finland fighting against the Russian army from the beginning (summer 1941) to the end (summer/autumn 1944) of the war. Many of the characters are based on author Linna's brothers in arms.
- IMDB:tt0090215
The Unknown Soldier Cast · · · ALL
Rauni Mollberg
Director
Risto Tuorila
Koskela
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Hietanen
Paavo Liski
Rokka
Mika Mäkelä
Rahikainen
Pertti Koivula
Lahtinen
Tero Niva
Vanhala
Ossi-Ensio Korvuo
Määttä
Mikko Niskanen
Salo
Pauli Poranen
Lehto
Hannu Kivioja
Riitaoja
Juha Riihimäki
Sihvonen
Seppo Juusonen
Susi
Timo Virkki
Honkajoki
Vesa Ala-Seppälä
Hauhia
Risto Hetta
Vuorela
Veli-Matti Pernu
Kaukonen
Kari Väänänen
Lammio
Pekka Ketonen
Kariluoto
Veikko Tiitinen
Kaarna
Matti Nurminen
Sarastie
Olavi Levula
Karjula
Martti Kainulainen
Korsumäki
Jaakko Kuusisaari
Mäkilä
Erkki Hetta
Viirilä
Markku Lukka
Ukkola