Based on the true and untold story about the American immigrants in the Soviet Union
Feature film - 103 min - Drama | History
Synopsis
Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
The Eternal Road won 6 Jussi Awards in 2018! Read more about it here: www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com
“A dramatic era in Finnish history gets an expensive, staid showcase in the true story of a Finn forced to spy on a Russian collective farm.”
Variety
“Tells the story of an overlooked period of history… Starting almost like a western, The Eternal Road focuses on an incredible individual's destiny, caught up in the spiral of historical unrest.”
Cineuropa
Title information
Title: The Eternal Road
Original title: Ikitie
Director: AJ Annila
Writers: AJ Annila, Aku Louhimies, Antti Tuuri
Producers: Gunnar Carlsson, Mikko Leino, Ilkka Matila
Genre: Drama | History
Duration: 103 min
Language: English, Finnish, Russian
Subtitles: English
Release Date: 2017
Tagline: Based on the true and untold story about the American immigrants in the Soviet Union
Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen, Westworld & more)
Tommi Korpela (Deadwind, Rare Exports)
Irina Björklund (The Americans)
Ville Virtanen (Bordertown, Jordskott)
Available: The world excluding; Nordics, Baltics & Turkey
