Film

Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

8.0

1h 6m

1921

Synopsis

"Häiden Vietto Karjalan Runomailla" ( Karelian Wedding In The Land Of The Kalevala ) is an early and valuable documentary ( more exactly, a recreation ), an ethnological Finnish silent film about a traditional Karelian wedding. It was the work of an expedition of Finnish ethnologists in the silent year of 1920, headed by Herr A. O. Väisänen of the Kalevala society.

Director

A.O. Väisänen

Documentary

Cast & Crew

Lyyli Home

as Talon tytär, morsian

Olga Trofimova

as Talon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti

Ivan Bombin

as Talon isäntä, morsiamen isä

Benjam Trofimov

as Sulhanen

Vaslei Purkunen

as Suosittu vieras, kerjäläinen

Matjoi Plattonen

as Täti, morsiamen itkittäjä

Outi Koivunen

as Kansanparantaja, tietäjäakka

Vanja Trofimov

as Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen

Paul Tulehmo

as Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen

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