The Mannerheim Line

The Mannerheim Line

74 mins | Documentary | Dec. 18, 1940

Produced by the Soviet Union to justify its 1939-40 Winter War campaign in Finland, this outstanding documentary---more than any other such cinematic record---visually depicts the much vaunted Mannerheim Line in all its actual emplacements, as seen but two weeks after their capture, and as filmed by Red Army combat photographers onsite, directed by Vasili Belayev.

The Mannerheim Line

74 mins | Documentary | Dec. 18, 1940

The Mannerheim Line
Produced by the Soviet Union to justify its 1939-40 Winter War campaign in Finland, this outstanding documentary---more than any other such cinematic record---visually depicts the much vaunted Mannerheim Line in all its actual emplacements, as seen but two weeks after their capture, and as filmed by Red Army combat photographers onsite, directed by Vasili Belayev.
Producers Leningrad Documentary Film Studio
Original title Линия Маннергейма
Directors Nikolay Komarevtsev, Leonid Varlamov, Vasili Belayev, Valeri Solovtsov
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