SKU 4178 Availability VARASTETTU KUOLEMA (1938) * with switchable English subtitles * Nyrki Tapiovaara Writers: Erik Blomberg, Matti Kurjensaari (dialogue), 2 more credits » Stars: Tuulikki Paananen, Ilmari Mänty, Santeri Karilo Be the first to review this product $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews Also known as Stolen Death, this thriller is set in Helsinki at the beginning of the 20th Century. Using elements of German Expressionism, the film tells the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms in their fight to win independence from their Russian occupiers. The film stresses the divided loyalties of Finland's bourgeois class, which was torn between the preservation of their privileged economic existence and the dubious struggle for an independent Finland. Some critics have claimed that the film was also a thinly disguised protest against the rise of fascism in the county in the 1930s. What political views the film's director held is not known. Finland experienced a significant social split after its declaration of independence in 1918, when a bloody and very bitter civil war was fought between Reds and Whites. The alleged allegorical indictments of class inequality and the suppression of free speech and political expression as displayed in the movie might lead one to conclude that Tapiovaara directed a film to mirror his own leftist ideas. Nevertheless, his death in February 1940, at the age of 28, fighting against the Soviet invaders of his country, earned him an almost mythical status in Finland among fans of all political stripes. DVD-R is in Finnish with switchable English subtitles. Approx. 83 mins. See video sample for picture and audio quality! Be the first to review this product Related products RAKKAUDEN RISTI (1946) * with switchable Engl... $13.99 TUNTEMATON SOTILAS (The Unknown Soldier) (1955... $13.99 VIHTORI JA KLAARA (1939) * with switchable En... $13.99 DIE GEZEICHNETEN (The Search) (1948) * with... $13.99 THE SONG OF THE SCARLET FLOWER (1938) * with... $14.99 HÄXAN (1922) *with Danish and English intertit... $13.99 KLOSTRET I SENDOMIR (1920) * with hard-encode... $13.99 MUNKBROGREVEN (The Count of the Old Town) (1935... $13.99 MUSIK I MÖRKER (Music in Darkness) (1948) * wi... $13.99 SWEDENHIELMS (1935) * with switchable English... $13.99 LEVOTON VERI (1946) * with switchable English... $9.99 HORNANKOSKI (the Rapids of Hell) (1949) * wit... $13.99 TAISTELUN TIE (The Road of the Battle) (1940)... $13.99 THE HAPPY MINISTER (1941) * with switchable E... $13.99 THE WIDE ROAD (1931) * with switchable Englis... $13.99 THE WHITE REINDEER (1952) * with switchable E... $13.99 INSPECTOR PALMU'S ERROR (1960) * with switcha... $13.99 < > Customers who bought this item also bought THE SONG OF THE SCARLET FLOWER (1938) * with... $14.99 GOLGOTHA (1935) * with switchable English subti... $14.99 DIE FRAU MEINER TRÄUME (The Woman of My Dreams)... $14.99 TUNTEMATON SOTILAS (The Unknown Soldier) (1955... $13.99 TAISTELUN TIE (The Road of the Battle) (1940)... $13.99 PRIX DE BEAUTE (Miss Europe) (1930) * with swi... $13.99 DAS HÄSSLICHE MÄDCHEN (The Ugly Girl) (1933) *... $13.99 THE FORTY-FIRST (1956) * with switchable Engli... $13.99 3 DVD SET: JAN HUS; JAN ZIZKA; PROTI VSEM - TH... $35.99 MASHENKA (1942) *with switchable English subti... $13.99 SCHWARZER JÄGER JOHANNA (Der Spion des Kaisers)... $10.99 DIE UNBEKANNTE (The Unknown) (1936) * with swi... $13.99 THREE FILMS on 2 DVDs SET: ALEXANDER NEVSKY (O... $18.99 THE MAN BETWEEN (1953) $13.99 ÖRDÖGLOVAS (The Demon Rider) (1944) * with s... $14.99 ZAMACH (The Attempt) (1959) * with switchable... $13.99 BIENVENIDO MR. MARSHALL (Welcome Mr. Marshall!)... $13.99 SCHWARZWALDMÄDEL (1950) * with switchable Eng... $13.99 A DEADLY INVENTION (Vynález zkázy) (1958) * w... $13.99 2 DVD SET: DAS MÄDCHEN VOM MOORHOF (1935 - su... $19.99 RAKKAUDEN RISTI (1946) * with switchable Engl... $13.99 PIERWSZY DZIEN WOLNOSCI (1964) * with switcha... $13.99 MOLLENARD (Hatred) (1938) * with switchable En... $13.99 PANIQUE (1946) * with switchable English subt... $13.99 TRAKTORISTY (Tractor Drivers) (1939) * with sw... $13.99 < > Product tags stolen death (1)