American Born is an American-Finnish film made by director Rennie Harlin in his own script. The script was co-written by Marcus Celine. The film tells about what happened after three young people from the United States illegally crossed the Soviet border.
| American born | |
|---|---|
| Born american | |
 | |
| Genre | action , drama , thriller |
| Producer | Rennie Harlin |
| Producer | Marcus Celine, Venice Stevenson |
| Author script | Rennie Harlin, Marcus Celine |
| In the main cast | Albert Salmi Steve Durham David Coburn |
| Composer | Richard J. Mitchell |
| Duration | 95 minutes |
| Budget | $ 3,401,376 |
| A country |  USA  Finland |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1986 |
| IMDb | ID 0091313 |
Story
The action takes place in the 80s of the XX century in the border areas of Finland and the USSR . Three American students spending their holidays in Finland, for fun, decided to cross the border with the USSR. Soon, the local residents of the village of Vladimir begin to suspect them of the murder of a Russian girl and in every possible way emphasize their hostile mood. The American guys are giving them an armed rebuff, killing them with easy ease, but in the end they fall into the hands of the KGB . Sitting in prison, they are trying to find a way to return to their homeland, and as a result, one of them still succeeds.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mike Norris | Savoy Brown |
| Steve Durham | Mitch |
| David Coburn | K. S. |
| Albert Salmi | American representative |
| Talmus Rasulala | Admiral |
| Vesa Viericco | Cape |
| Ismo Kallio | Zarkov |
| Pauli Virtanen | Sergei |
| Piita Vuosalmi | Nadia Kulakova |
| Laura Heimo | Irina |
| Antti Horco | Kozak |
| Sari hawas | Party girl |
| Mats Helge | Priest (uncredited) |
Link to History
The cold war of the 80s of the XX century between the West and the USSR gave rise to a number of anti-Soviet films, among which "Born by an American" stands out for a clearly built ideological position. The idea of the film is simple and understandable: the superiority of American democratic values over totalitarian-communist, Soviet. On the other hand, the Soviets in the film treated the heroes quite humanely, preserving the life of all three, given the damage they caused, including human casualties among Soviet citizens. The unwillingness of American diplomats to help heroes was also noted.
In the film, Soviet life is shown in a gloomy vein, the main negative characters are the evil employees of the prison and the KGB , adherents of communist ideas. Simple heroes are ordinary American guys whose main goal is entertainment.
The film was designed for young people, who by that time had undergone significant ideological anti-Soviet training.
Subsequently, it was banned from showing in Finland [1] .
Rental and fees
The film was released on April 4, 1986, fees amounted to $ 3 388 020. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Biography for Renny Harlin . - Biography of Rennie Harlin on the IMDb website. Date of treatment November 4, 2009. Archived April 10, 2012.
- ↑ Movie Search
Sources
- A. Fedorov “Analysis of the stereotypes of politically biased media texts in the classroom for students (on the example of Rennie Harlin’s films“ American Born ”(1986) and“ Five Days in August “(2011)”, Distance and virtual education, No. 7, 2012.
- American Born on the Internet Movie Database