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bits of Finnish history—their gold rush plus the Germans’ retreat across the country in 1944—into something uniquely original, writer/director Jalmari Helander’s spins a thrilling, uber-violent work of fiction. A particularly nasty squad of Nazis crosses paths with lone miner Aatami (Jorma Tommila) who is more than, and more.