9. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Did The Same In Finland
A similar fate befell One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, a joint Norwegian-British film based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn of the same name released in 1970. It's important to note that The Interview was pulled by the studio, bowing to the threats of violence. In most cases, films are banned by government edict. That's exactly what happened with One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, about a prisoner in the Soviet gulag system of the fifties who endures a long prison sentence. The Finnish Board of Film banned the showing of the film for political reasons, because they reckoned it'd harm the Finnish-Soviet relationship. They went to great lengths to make sure it didn't get an airing in Finland, too. When a Swedish television channel showed the film, their TV mast on the nearby Â…land Islands was pulled down to make sure Fins didn't get exposed to the politically volatile movie. Apparently.
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