THE ETERNAL ROAD
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.
international title: | The Eternal Road |
original title: | Ikitie |
working title: | Ikitie |
country: | Finland, Sweden, Estonia |
sales agent: | TrustNordisk |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Antti-Jussi Annila |
screenplay: | Antti-Jussi Annila, Aku Louhimies, Antti Tuuri |
cast: | Alexei Mikhailov, Sergey Kravchenko, Martta Raudsepp, Megan Lindqvist, Raimo Pass, Olavi Annila, Stepan Tkacheva, Mark B. Odom, Caron Barnes, Elena Spirina |
cinematography by: | Rauno Ronkainen |
film editing: | Tambet Tasuja |
art director: | Kalju Kivi |
costumes designer: | Eugen Tamberg |
music: | Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm, Ian Person |
producer: | Ilkka Matila |
co-producer: | Simon Perry, Martin Persson, Kristian Taska, Gunnar Carlsson |
executive producer: | Mikko Leino, Ari Tolppanen |
production: | Matila Röhr Productions MRP, Taska Film, Anagram Produktion |
backing: | Film i Väst |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Oy |