Date in year · 1955 · The 1950s
December 23, 1955
On December 23, 1955, the first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres. Steve Camp, Olivia Dahl (died 1962), Donald Pettit would arrive in the same year.
Featured · December 23, 1955
The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.
The Unknown Soldier is a Finnish war film directed by Edvin Laine that premiered in December 1955. It is based on The Unknown Soldier, a novel by Väinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers.
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Around 1955
The year in brief
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.
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On December 23, 1955
- 1955 — The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.
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The class of 1955
Others born in 1955
SC Steve Camp 1955– American singer-songwriter and guitarist
OD Olivia Dahl (died 1962) 1955– daughter of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal
DP Donald Pettit 1955– American engineer and astronaut SP Svante Pääbo 1955– Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate
MM Murathan Mungan 1955– Turkish author, poet, and playwright
MD Mikuláš Dzurinda 1955– Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
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