The Boys
Pojat (Grabbarna)
Les fistons (French title)
Die Jungen (German title)

Available on DVD

Finland 1962 B/W 106min Oy Suomen Filmiteollisuus

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Drama

cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri (Jake), Kauko Helovirta (Fritz Mayer), Liisa Nevalainen (Jake's mother), Uti Saurio (Pate), Hannu Vironmäki (Matti), Markku Söderström (Urkki), Olavi Ahonen, Liisa Roine (Liisa Toikka), Ture Junttu, Paavo Jännes, Matti Pellonpää, Carl-Erik Creutz (radio voice)
credits: dir. & script Mikko Niskanen, prod. T.J. Särkkä

A story about boys. How hard it is to live in country where's war, how hard is to grow up. Young Loiri does good work as Jake (he got also a diploma of it). Sad ending.

TRIVIA: The story was originally written by writer Paavo Rintala. In his novel Jake (the main character) shoots himself in the end.

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