Already at this point Linna knew that writing would be his preferred occupation. In addition to being a squad-leader, he wrote notes and observations about his and his unit's experiences. The Second World War had broken out, and for Linna's part it meant participation in the Continuation War (1941–44). In 1940, Linna was conscripted into the army. Typical of his generation, the adolescent author-to-be moved from the countryside to a developing city in search of industrial labour which he found at the Finlayson textile mills. After working as a lumberjack and a farm hand at the same manor where his mother had worked, Linna moved to Tampere in 1938. The author's education was, however, limited to six years at a public school which he finished in the mid-1930s. As a child, Linna loved adventure novels which he borrowed from the local library. Despite his background, Linna's interest in literature began early on. Linna's father, a butcher, died when he was only seven years old, thus his mother had to support the entire family by working at a nearby manor. He was the seventh child of Viktor (Vihtori) Linna (1874–1928) and Johanna Maria (Maija) Linna (1888–1972). Väinö Linna was born in Urjala in the Pirkanmaa region. Both have been adapted to a film format on several occasions The Unknown Soldier was first adapted into a film in 1955 and Under the North Star in 1968 as Here, Beneath the North Star, both directed by Edvin Laine. He gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas ( The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla ( Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola).
Väinö Linna ( pronounced ( listen) 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author. The battle scene depicts the Battle of Syrjäntaka.Väinö Linna in Palm Beach, Florida, on a trip in the United States, in March 1963. The story of the film goes all the way to the end of the Finnish Civil War between the Red Guards (Crofters) and the Whites (Government).
The rural upper class, such as the priestly family, and the poor people, whose socio-economic status is weaker than that of crofters, also play an important role. The central theme is the unstable position of crofters and their goal to improve their living conditions. The third volume was adapted into a film two years later under the title Akseli and Elina.įilm begins the founding of the Koskela croft in the 1880s and tells the story of the life of the people of the imaginary Pentinkulma village until about 1920. The film is based on the first two volumes of Väinö Linna's novel trilogy Under the North Star. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. Here, Beneath the North Star ( Finnish: Täällä Pohjantähden alla) is a 1968 Finnish drama film directed by Edvin Laine.
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