Trust (1976 film)

Trust
Original Finnish film poster.
Directed by	Edvin Laine Viktor Tregubovich
Written by	Väinö Linna Vladlen Loginov Mikhail Shatrov
Produced by	Ilmo Mäkelä Mauno Mäkelä Nikolai Yeliseyev
Starring	Kirill Lavrov Vilho Siivola
Cinematography	Dmitriy Meskhiev
Edited by	Margarita Shadrina
Music by	Georgy Sviridov
Production companies	Fennada-Filmi Lenfilm Studio
Distributed by	Fenno-Filmi
Release date	21 April 1976 (1976-04-21)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Finland Soviet Union
Language	Finnish / Russian

Trust (Finnish: Luottamus; Russian: Доверие, romanized: Doverie) is a 1976 Finnish-Soviet historical drama film directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich.^[1] The film portrays the events leading up to the Finnish Declaration of Independence from Russia in 1917 and especially the role of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in them. The main roles are played by Kirill Lavrov as Lenin and Vilho Siivola as P. E. Svinhufvud.

Edvin Laine received the state film artist award for the film, and Vilho Siivola received the Jussi Award for best actor. At the Riga Film Festival in 1977, the film was awarded a special jury prize for artistic merit in depicting the beginning stages of peaceful coexistence between two neighboring countries.^[2] After completion, the film was shown in schools as an educational film, but it did not do very well in cinemas. According to the current general perception, it strongly represents the spirit of the era of Finlandization between Finland and the Soviet Union.^[2][3]