"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)