Editing War film (section)

=== Finnish Civil War ===

Although the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]] between [[Whites (Finland)|Whites]] and [[Red Guards (Finland)|Reds]] remained a controversial topic a century later in [[Finland]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haapala|first=Timo|date=2017-12-15|title=Pääkirjoitus: Kansalaissota on arka muistettava|url=https://www.is.fi/paakirjoitus/art-2000005492424.html|access-date=2022-10-29|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-15|title=Punaisten ja valkoisten perintöä vaalitaan yhä – Suomalaiset lähettivät yli 400 muistoa vuoden 1918 sisällissodasta|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/punaisten_ja_valkoisten_perintoa_vaalitaan_yha__suomalaiset_lahettivat_yli_400_muistoa_vuoden_1918_sisallissodasta/8831374|access-date=2022-10-29|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref> many Finnish filmmakers have taken up the subject, often basing their work on a book. In 1957, [[Toivo Särkkä]]'s ''[[1918 (1957 film)|1918]]'', based on [[Jarl Hemmer]]'s play and novel, was screened at the [[7th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film949377.html |title=1918 |work=Film Affinity |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> Recent films include [[Lauri Törhönen]]'s 2007 ''[[The Border (2007 film)|The Border]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv3.fi/viihde/arvostelut/elokuva.shtml/587024/raja-1918 |title=Raja 1918 |author=Aro, Tuuve |date=November 29, 2007 |work=MTV3.fi |publisher=Bonnier Group |language=fi |access-date=September 3, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.finland.org.ua/public/default.aspx?contentid=194231&nodeid=31712&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI |title=Raja 1918-elokuva eurooppalaisilla elokuvafestivaaleilla |publisher=Embassy of Finland, Kiev |language=fi |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052158/http://www.finland.org.ua/public/default.aspx?contentid=194231&nodeid=31712&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Aku Louhimies]]'s 2008 ''[[Tears of April]]'', based on [[Leena Lander]]'s novel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv3.fi/viihde/uutiset/elokuvat.shtml/686892/lehti-kasky-elokuvassa-miesten-valista-seksia |title=Lehti: Käsky-elokuvassa miesten välistä seksiä |date=August 13, 2008 |work=MTV3.fi |language=fi |access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> Perhaps the most famous film about the Finnish Civil War is [[Edvin Laine]]'s 1968 ''[[Here, Beneath the North Star]]'', based on the first two books of [[Väinö Linna]]'s ''[[Under the North Star trilogy|Under the North Star]]'' trilogy; it describing the civil war from the losing side, [[Red Guards (Finland)|Finland's Red Guards]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Larsen |first=Mads |title=Agreeing on History: Adaptation as Restorative Truth in Finnish Reconciliation |journal=Literature/Film Quarterly |date=2020 |volume=48 |issue=1 (Winter 2020) |url=https://lfq.salisbury.edu/_issues/48_1/agreeing_on_history_adaptation_as_restorative_truth_in_finnish_reconciliation.html |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref>