Red Beast (2026)
Eetu Salin, a fiery working-class agitator and one of the founders of the Finnish Social Democratic Party, struggles not only with his childhood traumas and alcoholism but also against young radical socialists within the party who are vying for power. Eetu, who advocates for class struggle through peaceful means, joins forces with his friends Väinö Tanner and Yrjö Mäkelin to try to prevent the Finnish working class from being drawn into a violent revolution.
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Antti-Jussi Marjamäki, Veera W. Vilo
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Jan-Henrik Holmlund as Eetu Salin
- Marju Kauppinen as Ida Salin
- Antti-Jussi Marjamäki as Väinö Tanner
- Roope Olenius as Yrjö Mäkelin
- Veera W. Vilo as Linda Tanner
- Jari Manninen as J. H. Vennola
- Janne Puustinen as Kullervo Manner
- Enni Ojutkangas as Eetu's Mother Anna
- Jaakko Hutchings as C. G. E. Mannerheim
- Matti Mustonen as Kössi Kaatra
- Christoffer Weiss as Antti Tulenheimo
- Juha Pihanen as Lauri Ingman