Film

The Eternal Road

2017 · 1h 43m · History · Drama · War

Freedom lies beyond heaven and hell

IMDb

7.1

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.

Tommi Korpela

Jussi Ketola

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sara

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Kallonen

Irina Björklund

Sofia

Sampo Sarkola

Strang

Ville Virtanen

John Hill

Jonna Järnefelt

Ella

Eedit Patrakka

Mary (age 8)

Rosa Salomaa

Mary (age 14)

Helén Söderqvist Henriksson

Martta Hill

Antti Virmavirta

Mäki

Eeti Salovuori

Pauli

Lembit Ulfsak

Novikov

Amalia Holm Bjelke

Kathy

Igor Sigov

NKVD Officer

Petri Manninen

NKVD Interrogator

• Antti-Jussi AnnilaDirector · Screenplay
• Antti TuuriNovel · Screenplay
• Aku LouhimiesScreenplay
• Ilkka MatilaProducer
• Ari TolppanenExecutive Producer
• Rauno RonkainenDirector of Photography
• Ian PersonOriginal Music Composer
• Kalle Gustafsson JerneholmOriginal Music Composer
• Tambet TasujaEditor
• Piret Toomvap-SchönbergCasting

The Eternal Road (Ikitie, 2017) international trailer

Release date

September 15, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

Finnish

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

K-16 — contains violence, may cause anxiety

Budget

$3,100,000

Genres

History, Drama, War

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