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Sauna

Sauna

Cleanse Your Sins.

20086.21h 23m

Overview

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

Directed by Antti-Jussi Annila
Written by Iiro Küttner
Produced by Jesse Fryckman, Tero Kaukomaa
Box OfficeBudget: $1.1M0

Top Cast

Ville Virtanen

Ville Virtanen

Eerik

Tommi Eronen

Tommi Eronen

Knut

Viktor Klimenko

Viktor Klimenko

Semenski

Rain Tolk

Rain Tolk

Rogosin

Kari Ketonen

Kari Ketonen

Musko

S

Sonja Petäjäjärvi

Son

V

Vilhelmiina Virkkunen

Daughter

Taisto Reimaluoto

Taisto Reimaluoto

Host

I

Ismo Kallio

Village Elder

Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Old Woman

Themes & Keywords

ritualvillageborderredemptionswampwoodssoldiermurderergothic horrorpost warmedievalremorseorthodox16th centuryrural settingrusso swedish war1590s

About Sauna

Sauna is a horror film released in 2008 exploring themes of ritual, village, border, redemption, swamp, woods. Directed by Antti-Jussi Annila, it stars Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko. It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

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