The Stolen Death (1938)

Original title

Varastettu kuolema

Directed by

Nyrki Tapiovaara

Genre

drama film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

K-16

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In early 1900s Helsinki, a group of Finnish activists conspire for independence from Russia, turning into a revolutionary movement. The film adapts a short story but shifts the setting from a civil war to an earlier conflict.

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What happens

The Stolen Death (Finnish: Varastettu kuolema) is a 1938 Finnish thriller film directed by Nyrki Tapiovaara. The story is set in the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1904, and is about a group of Finnish activists in Helsinki who develop into a revolutionary force for Finnish independence. The film is based on the 1919 short story "The Meat-Grinder" by Runar Schildt. Unlike the original story, the film is not set during the 1918 Finnish Civil War because of its sensitive subject at the time, but the events were set during the Russo-Japanese War instead. The film was released on 4 September 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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