Yle's new take on Mannerheim stirs a hornet's nest

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Originally Posted by August

At least you Finns don't have films depicting your past presidents as vampire hunters or nazi werewolf killers,...yet.

I don't actually think that would cause nearly as big fuss. Mannerheim is one of the most "legendary" (in every sense of the word) Finns. He is a mythical hero. No president has such status and likely won't ever have.

And thus the holy outrage is all the more hilarious to follow.