Tuntematon sotilas

The film follows a Finnish army machine gun company on the Karelian front from mobilisation in 1941 to armistice in 1944, during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union. The soldiers of the company are sympathetic but realistic portraits of men from all over Finland with widely varying backgrounds, who face the harsh realities of war while also experiencing moments of camaraderie and everyday life. Character Aku Hirviniemi plays Hietanen, a soldier who is first wounded by artillery and later dies when his ambulance is attacked.