Ambush (1999)

This is a Finnish movie (called "Rukajärven tie" in Finnish) about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941-1944. It is about a Finnish soldier (played by Peter Franzén) and his financee (played by his real wife, Irina Björklund.) The soldier believes his fiancee is killed by the Soviets in an ambush and he goes on a special mission with his troops. In the end, his fiancee survives (she was captured by the Soviets and it is alluded to that she was raped) and the two see each other again.

The movie is pretty good. I had learned a little about the Winter War and the Continuation War fought between the Finns and the Soviets, but had never seen a movie about it.

There were a few comical scenes in the film. The main one that the troops ride around the war on their bikes. That is so hysterical to me. I had always heard people make fun of the Poles fighting German tanks on horseback and now I learn the Finns were fighting the Soviets on bikes (I wonder if they were Schwinns.)