| The Border | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Lauri Törhönen |
| Producer: | Jörn Donner Jarkko Hentula |
| Starring: | Martin Bahne Minna Haapkylä Tommi Korpela Leonid Mozgovoy Hannu-Pekka Björkman |
| Music: | Sergei Yevtushenko |
| Cinematography: | Esa Vuorinen |
| Editing: | Kimmo Kohtamäki |
| Studio: | Border Productions The Hermitage Bridge Studio Studio 217 |
| Distributor: | FS Film |
| Runtime: | 114 minutes |
| Country: | Finland Russia |
| Language: | Finnish, Swedish, German, Russian |
| Budget: | €2.1 million[1] |
| Gross: | €382,151 (Finland)[2] |
The Border (Finnish: '''Raja 1918''', Russian: '''Граница 1918'''|'''Granitsa 1918''') is a 2007 Finnish-Russian war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen. Set in the spring of 1918, right after the Finnish Civil War, the film is about a Finnish officer who is sent to the village of Rajajoki to form a border between Finland and Soviet Russia.[3] [4]
The film's main character Carl von Munck is based on Kai Donner and his experiences during the post-civil war period.[5] His son Jörn Donner is one of the film's producers.