Sauna
Seen it?2008 | 83 min | Horror
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 23 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Antti-Jussi Annila
- Ville VirtanenEerik
- Tommi EronenKnut
- Viktor KlimenkoSemenski
- Rain TolkRogosin
- Kari KetonenMusko
- Sonja PetäjäjärviSon
- Vilhelmiina VirkkunenDaughter
- Taisto ReimaluotoHost
- Ismo KallioVillage Elder
- Kati OutinenOld Woman