Mannerheim II

Directed by Topo Leistelä

The second part of Suomi-Filmi's Mannerheim trilogy, which was shown in early 1938. While Bio Maxim filmed Mannerheim's 70th birthday celebrations with two cameras and in silent mode, Suomi-Filmi filmed its sound film with five cameras. The Narva march also rang out magnificently when Mannerheim inspects the troops. The stream of congratulators is unbroken, from President Kyösti Kallio, Ernst Linder and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst to the industrial union and tribal warriors...