Ikitie
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The New York stock market has crashed
has drifted into economic depression
and mass unemployment.
Stalin has invited
the working people of the world
to help build the Soviet Union,
a workers' paradise.
More than 10,000 people have left
hoping for a better life
in the promised land.
More than 6,000 of them
are American Finns.
This is their story.
Finland, 1931
Good.
And Arvo, the whistle?
Good.
You're not asleep? I am.
Sleep.
Stay here, and not a sound.
What brings you here?
The interest of our fatherland.
Can't it wait until daytime?
Time to go, Jussi Ketola.
You're not taking anyone from here!
Shame on you!
Sofia, don't. Just call the police.
Father!
I'll be alright.
They're not gonna hurt me, they're
just putting on a show. Let's go!
Let me at least get some clothes!
Goddammit, don't...
Shut up, you f***ing commie!
We're putting you on the
Eternal Road. To the Soviet Union.
Isn't that where you want to go?
To be with your kind.
THE ETERNAL ROAD
BORDER ZONE:
If he moves, shoot him.
Business as usual.
Can't allow it anymore.
You can't allow patriotism?
Transportations across the border
are forbidden now.
This is the people's will.
What's your name?
Why do you care?
The police are gonna ask me later.
Shut up!
So this is what a traitor
We can't take him back anymore.
Then we'd better kill him here.
You'll have the blood of an innocent
man on your hands. Shut up.
Listen. I'm not a communist.
I never fought against the Whites or
the Reds, but I am against killing...
Shut up!
The State of Finland
Wanna die here or in the bog
so we don't have to dig you a grave?
You're the ones doing the killing.
I don't care.
Karvinen. Kill the animal.
I can't go and just shoot...
Let's get him!
Stop! You can't
cross the border! Stop!
Welcome to the Soviet Union,
Comrade Ketola.
Kallonen. From the People's
Commissariat of Internal Affairs.
Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union
How are they treating you here?
I'm fine.
Could I get a pen a paper? To write
home and let them know I'm alive.
Of course. We at the NKVD have
only heard good things about you.
You're a worker's friend.
House in Finland. Bought it with
the money you earned in America.
A wife and two children.
You're a good man.
I try. Did you bring
any messages from Finland?
What messages?
Mail, to the Soviet Union.
No, I don't have any messages.
Are you sure?
You didn't bring anything?
Just a bullet in my side
and my long johns.
Good. We want to help you,
to make it here.
All I want is to return home. Would
be refreshing to see someone leave.
More and more people are coming
here, of their own free will.
The workers of the world believe
in the Soviet Union.
Right. If you need anything,
don't hesitate to ask for me.
Kallonen is the name.
My dearest wife, Sofia...
Tell Arvo he's in charge until
I return. Your loving husband, Jussi.
Damn, it is him.
Ketola, you dog!
Is it really you? Max.
Collecting old debts.
What's the interest over twenty
years? Forget it, this is worth it.
Look, you're on the front page.
I brought you some clothes...
What the heck are you doing here?
Building a socialist paradise
in Karelia.
KIDNAPPINGS CONTINUE IN FINLAND
I told'em we used to work together
in New York on skyscrapers.
Got a job lined up for you already.
What job? I'm not staying.
Keep your pants on.
There's more money here than
in New York, trust me, Jussi.
Enough for you too, if you want.
I'm going home as soon as
I get this mess sorted out.
But you are not leaving tonight.
We have our own shops,
an opera house, you name it.
Ok, so it ain't 5th Avenue,
but you'll get used to it.
Skilled workers have been arriving
from the States and Canada.
machines, cars, tractors...
The Americans run the farms,
the timberjacks got the forest farms.
How many Finns are there here?
Thousands. Tens of thousands.
They've answered Stalin's call.
Don't you see, Jussi?
They're building a worker's paradise.
The workers from Ontario brought
How are you, Comrade?
It's like a private club. People
were supposed to be equal here.
Stalin promised us these
privileges in return of our help.
This gets you into the restaurant
and buys you stuff in the Party shop.
What Party? Where the hell do you
think we are? The Communist Party.
I'm not a member.
Who the hell is?
Think about what an opportunity
this land is for us.
And now, Jussi,
a toast to the homeland.
I'll get you your own flat tomorrow.
Don't bother.
Longing for Fascist Finland?
I wrote home that I'll be back soon.
Never talk about leaving out loud.
Why not?
What's the rush? Let's get you some
more vodka. The border's 250 km away.
The Karelian Yanks take the lead...
Jussi. I knew you'd be
interested in American sports.
Tell me, could this become the new
national sport of the Soviet Union?
It's too much like the game the
White thugs liked to play back home.
Jussi, I want you to come and meet
me in the Big House tomorrow.
What for?
To talk about history.
We know you fought on
the side of the Whites in 1918.
Forced at gunpoint. Still.
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