Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

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"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.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

66 minutes

Year:

1921

Director:

A.O. Väisänen

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Company:

Kalevalaseura-säätiö

Cast:
Lyyli Home

Talon tytär, morsian

Olga Trofimova

Talon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti

Ivan Bombin

Talon isäntä, morsiamen isä

Benjam Trofimov

Sulhanen

Vaslei Purkunen

Suosittu vieras, kerjäläinen

Crew:
A.O. Väisänen

Director

A.O. Väisänen

Producer

U.T. Sirelius

Writer

J.W. Mattila

Cinematography

U.T. Sirelius

Set Designer