Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia

*Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia*
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia
	Promotional poster for Fire and Ice
Directed by	Ben Strout
Narrated by	Phil Riesen
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Ben Strout
Running time	78 minutes
Original release
Release	February 2, 2006

Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia is a documentary film, produced, written and directed by Ben Strout.^[1] It shows how the Finnish–Russian Winter War of 1939 influenced World War II and how Finland mobilized against the world's largest military power.

Among the witnesses in the documentary is Eeva Kilpi, the Finnish feminist writer, who was a child in Karelia at the time.

Release

Fire and Ice was shown on PBS stations around the U.S. circa February 2006. It has also been released on DVD.

Awards

The film was selected as the best documentary at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival in 2006. Strout received an Emmy as director from the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2007. In 2005 The New York Times named him as a Critic's Pick Director, and named editor Kurt Poole as Critic's Pick Editor.

References

^ "Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia | A Director's Inspiration: An Interview with Ben Strout". pbs.org. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

External links

http://www.wfyi.org/fireandice/ - official website
http://www.mastersworkmedia.com - producer's website
Finnish wartime photos and history website; includes stories by veterans, historians, and wartime pictures
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia at IMDb

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[1] "Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia | A Director's Inspiration: An Interview with Ben Strout". pbs.org. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

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