"Freedom lies beyond heaven and hell"
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
Jussi Ketola
Sara
Kallonen
Sofia
Strang
John Hill
Ella
Mary (age 8)
Mary (age 14)
Martta Hill
Mäki
Pauli
Novikov
Kathy
NKVD Officer
NKVD Interrogator
Laina
Toivonen
Doris Toivonen
Toivonen's Son
Toivonen's Daughter (age 8)
Toivonen's Daughter (age 14)
Edvard Gylling
Rinta-Nisula
Rinta-Nisula's Son
Arvo (age 9)
Arvo (age 15)
Aino (age 8)
Aino (age 14)
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Abductor
Karvinen
Concierge
Border Guard
Eileen
Singer #1
Singer #2
Singer #3
Guard
Strang's Dance Partner
Baby Pauli
Baby Laina
Old Mary (voice)