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The real Marshal Mannerheim.
Telley Savalas Otieno, cast as Mannerheim in the film Marshall of Finland. Photo posted at hotsecretz.blogspot.com.
Full storyHelsingin Sanomat has learned from sources that the new film about Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was shot in May this year near the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Only one scene, depicting the Winter War, was shot in Finland. All of the actors were also Kenyan.
The newspaper Iltalehti reported on Tuesday that Mannerheim would be played by an "African-born" actor in a film produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE).
The actor in question is a Kenyan, Telley Savalas Otieno
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