Born American
"Freedom is just a word… until you lose it."
A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.
Cast
Mike Norris
Savoy
Steve Durham
Mitch
David Coburn
K.C.
Thalmus Rasulala
The Admiral
Albert Salmi
United States emissary
Piita Vuosalmi
Nadja
Vesa Vierikko
Kapsky
Ismo Kallio
Zarkov
Laura Munsterhjelm
Irina
Antti Horko
Cossack
Pauli Virtanen
Sergei
Jone Takamäki
Interrogator
Inkeri Luoma-aho
Female Guard
Markku Blomqvist
Irina's Father
Sari Havas
Girl at Party
Marjo Vuollo
Tamara
Juhani Tuominen
Car Salesman
Mats Helge Olsson
Priest (uncredited)
Stack Pierce
The Admiral (uncredited) (voice)
Jorma Vaittinen
Prisoner (uncredited)
Eero Henttonen
Prisoner (uncredited)
Rapa Ripa
KGB Man (uncredited)
Renny Harlin
Man's Voice from Ship's Loudspeakers (uncredited) (voice)
Crew
Markus Selin
Screenplay
Renny Harlin
Director
Renny Harlin
Screenplay
Henrik Paersch
Director of Photography
Tuija Luukkainen
Makeup Artist
Sirpa Östring-Järvinen
Makeup Artist
Peter Lennard
Sound Effects
Lionel Strutt
ADR Recordist
Renny Harlin
Stunt Double
Víctor Quintero
Stunts
Harry Päiväläinen
Second Assistant Director
Shirley Shaw
Sound Editor
Mats Helge Olsson
Special Effects
Richard G. Mitchell
Original Music Composer
Venetia Stevenson
Production Design
Ian Voigt
Sound Mixer
Gary Pike
Stunts
Rapa Ripa
Stunts
Karl von Kügelgen
Special Effects
Anja Pekkala
Costume Design
Paul Martin Hardesty
First Assistant Director
Torsti Nyholm
Set Designer
Terhi Tammila
Property Master
Markus Selin
Producer
Brigitte Arnold
Assistant Sound Editor
Alex Mackie
Assistant Sound Editor
Osmo Savolainen
Special Effects
Eddie Braun
Stunt Coordinator
Venetia Stevenson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Paul Martin Smith
Editor
Suzanne Parker Sanders
Makeup Designer
Gary Baxley
Stunts