It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun firm receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The firm is transferred to the front lines. The following early morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns - the war has actually begun. The Finnish troops attack as well as quickly cross the border. The young, nervous novices of the company obtain their baptism of fire, as well as the men come to be knowledgeable about death as well as the challenges of battle. Under strength and terribly furnished they battle a superior opponent. The lists of heroes and also of the dead seem limitless. Edvin Laine's epic analysis of Väinö Linna's battle story "Tuntematon Sotilas" is a whole chapter in guide of Finnish film background.