Laugh or Die

In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the imprisoners have to perform a comedy - and if they can make the visiting general laugh, they will be spared. A story about zest for life and power of laughter. Based on true events.

Laugh or Die is a 2018 drama war movie directed by Heikki Kujanpää, starring Martti Suosalo, Paavo Kinnunen, Jani Volanen. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7/10 from 1,223 votes and runs 1h 43m.