Themes: Behind the Iron Curtain, Americans Abroad, Escape From Prison
Main Cast: Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala, Albert Salmi
Release Year: 1986
Country: US/FI
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In an anti-Russian film that is a hangover from Cold War polemics, three young Americans knowingly cross the Finno-Russian border while on a hunting trip and land in a grim Soviet prison. While U.S. diplomats work on the Americans' release, prisoners are dying in a macabre game of chess in which they are pawns. Anxious to get out of prison as of yesterday, the red-white-and-blue trio plan their escape with the involvement of a mysterious black American prisoner. As action sequences and prison scenes unfold, violence erupts on a regular basis. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Vesa Vierikko - Kapsky; Casper Anttila - Chess Player; Aapo Autola - Car Salesman; Markku Blomqvist - Irina's Father; Orava Family - Russian Family; Sari Havas - Girl at Party; Laura Heimo - Irina; Antti Horko - Cossack; Ismo Kallio - Zarkov; Inkeri Luoma-Aho - Female Guard; Jouni Takamaki - Interrogator; Pauli Virtanen - Sergei; Piita Vousalmi - Nadja; Marjo Vuollo - Tamara
Credit
Anja Pekkala - Costume Designer, Renny Harlin - Director, Paul Martin Smith - Editor, Richard Mitchell - Composer (Music Score), Suzanne Sanders - Makeup, Henrik Paersch - Cinematographer, Markus Selin - Producer, Torsti Nyholm - Set Designer, Osmo Savolainen - Special Effects, Karl Von Kugelgen - Special Effects, Eddie Braun - Stunts, Theodore Braun - Stunts, Renny Harlin - Screenwriter, Markus Selin - Screenwriter
