Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

Film · 1921 TMDB 8.3 3 votes

"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.

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A.O. Väisänen

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Kalevalaseura-säätiö

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L Lyyli HomeTalon tytär, morsian O Olga TrofimovaTalon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti I Ivan BombinTalon isäntä, morsiamen isä B Benjam TrofimovSulhanen V Vaslei PurkunenSuosittu vieras, kerjäläinen M Matjoi PlattonenTäti, morsiamen itkittäjä O Outi KoivunenKansanparantaja, tietäjäakka V Vanja TrofimovSulhasen hääseurueen jäsen P Paul TulehmoSulhasen hääseurueen jäsen I Ivan BreloKanteleensoittaja P Paula HomeNuori tyttö morsiamen hääseurueessa A Anastasia TertsunenNuori tyttö morsiamen hääseurueessa

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Release date 1921-02-27

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