Drama · Finland · 1973 · 1h 48m

The Earth Is a Sinful Song

Maa on syntinen laulu

The Earth Is a Sinful Song poster
Director
Rauni Mollberg
Cast
Maritta Viitamäki as Martta Mäkelä Pauli Jauhojärvi as Juhani Mäkelä Aimo Saukko as Äijä Mäkelä Milja Hiltunen as Alli Mäkelä Sirkka Saarnio as Elina Pouta Niiles-Jouni Aikio as Oula Nahkamaa
Crew
Hannu Peltomaa — Director of Photography Kari Sohlberg — Director of Photography Marjatta Leporinne — Editor Hannu Sinnemäki — Original Music Composer Rauni Mollberg — Screenplay Pirjo Honkasalo — Screenplay
Tagline

An archaic World with Sex, Death, Violence and Religious Madness

Synopsis

An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows

Mood & Themes
based on novel or booklaplandreindeerfinland1940s
Key Collaborators
Rauni Mollberg Director Hannu Peltomaa Director of Photography Kari Sohlberg Director of Photography Marjatta Leporinne Editor Hannu Sinnemäki Original Music Composer Rauni Mollberg Screenplay Pirjo Honkasalo Screenplay Panu Rajala Screenplay Timo K. Mukka Novel Rauni Mollberg Producer Ensio Suominen Production Design Seppo Heinonen Production Design
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