Documentary · 1921 · 1h 6m

Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

Häiden vietto Karjalan runomailla

Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala poster
Director
A.O. Väisänen
Cast
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
Crew
Armas Launis — Original Music Composer U.T. Sirelius — Writer A.O. Väisänen — Producer
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.

Key Collaborators
A.O. Väisänen Director Armas Launis Original Music Composer U.T. Sirelius Writer A.O. Väisänen Producer
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