Saatana perkele helvettiin

About the Korpela movement or Siikavaara sect active during the 1930's in the far north of Sweden. Toivo Korpela a Laestadian preacher was outmanoeuvred by Sigurd Siikavaara and returned to Finland. Siikavaara who preferred apocalyptic beliefs and ecstatic rituals soon gathered a large following and became prophet #1. With Artur Niemi, prophet #2, he draped and enhanced the rituals with total sexual freedom. At the trial in 1939 Siikavaara assured that he had not been sober one day during the last 8 years. Chanting "Saatana, Saatana, Helvettin, Babylon,Perkele" over and over. Swearing and cursing all the way to Eden.

Country:

Sweden

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

21 minutes

Year:

2012

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Company:

SVT

Cast:
Sven-Olof Persson

Narrator

Bengt Pohjanen

author of "Dagning Röd"

Hellevi Korpela

Titta Jokinen

Maritta Viitamäki

Crew:
Micke Engström

Editor

Sven-Olof Persson

Producer