War of the Dead

original title:
War of the Dead
other titles:
Stone's War
country / year of production:
USA , Lithuania , Italy / 2007
original length:
85 min. , color
premiere:
CND: 22 October 2011, Toronto After Dark Film Festival
genre:
Horror film
based on:
director:
Marko Mäkilaakso
film script:
Marko Mäkilaakso , Barr B. Potter
producer:
Barr B. Potter
cinematographer:
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
editor:
Michael J. Duthie
composer:
cast (role):
Andrew Tiernan (Captain Martin Stone) , Mikko Leppilampi (Lieutenant Laakso) , Samuel Vauramo (Kolya) , Jouko Ahola (Captain Niemi) , Mark Wingett (Selzman) , Andrew Tiernan , Mikko Leppilampi , Samuel Vauramo , Jouko Ahola , Mark Wingett
more:
plot synopsis:
1941. An American elite unit under the guidance of Captain Martin Stone receives the order to destroy a hostile bunker on the Finnish-Russian border. The Americans are supported by Finnish forces. The first attack on the bunker ends devastatingly. The unit is forced to back down to the forest. As they try to regroup, the soldiers are suddenly attacked by the same enemies they had just killed a few minutes before. Evidently, Captain Stone and his men are confronted with the result of a failed Nazi experiment on Russian soldiers - undeads.
keywords:
bunker , massacre , behind enemy lines , colour film , fascism
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
In the year 1941 Finland was allied with the nazi regime. Therefore a cooperation between American and Finnish forces at this time contradicts the historical facts.
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