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People in the Summer Night

Country: Finland, Language: Finnish, 66 mins

Original Title

Ihmiset Suviyössä
  • Director: Valentin Vaala
  • Writer: Lea Joutseno; F.E. Sillanpää
  • Producer: Risto Orko

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A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover... New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.


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Cast & Characters

Eila Pehkonen as Helka;
Martti Katajisto as Nokia;
Emma Vaananen as Hilja Syrjamaki;
Eero Roine as Jalmari Syrjamaki;
Matti Oravisto as Arvid;
Toivo Hameranta as Teliranta;
Tyyne Haarla as Martta Teliranta;
Maija Nuutinen as Old lady of Teliranta;
Kaisu Leppanen as Santra Mettala;
Matti Lehtela as Jukka Mettala;
Tellervo Nokelainen as Selma Teliranta;
Erkki Kalakari as Matti Puolamaki;
Eero Levaluoma as Constable;
Kaarlo Halttunen as Doctor;
Toivo Lahti