The events of the film took place during the Continuation War, and the film is a new, expanded version of Kurkvaara's 1955 film Onnen saari (The Island of Happiness). In the summer of 1956, Kurkvaara filmed a new frame story for the beginning of the film in Lahti and rebuilt the ending of the film. The new scenes in the film are set in a hospital environment.
Maunu Kurkvaara
Director
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Adopt a Highway67%
Fast Girls60%
The Game of Their Lives58%
Battleground67%
Hungry Hearts65%
Won't Back Down61%
My Neighbor Adolf65%
Mansfield Park60%
Repeat Performance61%
Here65%
Northfork59%
Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace83%
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods72%
Seeds of Yesterday64%
The Quiller Memorandum58%
The Keys of the Kingdom71%
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner71%
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol79%
The Last Rifleman66%
