Born American

Local title
Kõrvetavalt jäine
Original title
Jäätava polte
Director
Renny Harlin
Country
Finland, USA
Year
1986
Festival
HÕFF 2024
Programme
HÕFF Retro
Genre
action
Subject
prison, politics

Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. Captured and thrown in jail, they find it's not fun either. It's a nightmare.

Scandalous debut film from Finnish director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) and film producer Markus Selin (Matti).

Director
Renny Harlin
Screenwriter
Renny Harlin, Markus Selin
Cast
Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala, Albert Salmi
Producer
Markus Selin
DoP
Henrik Paersch
Editor
Paul Martin Smith
Composer
Richard G. Mitchell
Production
Cinema Group Ventures, Larmark Productions Inc., Man & Gun Film Production, Videogramm
Distributor
KAVI
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
English

Screenings

Keldrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening029302 / Kõrvetavalt jäine
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer
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