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Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala (1921)

Name: Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala
Director: A.O. Väisänen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1921-02-27
Duration: 66 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Lyyli Home, Olga Trofimova, Ivan Bombin, Benjam Trofimov, Vaslei Purkunen

February 27, 19211h 6mFI

8.3

3 votes

Documentary

Overview

"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

Writer

U.T. Sirelius