An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-...
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Maritta Viitamäki | ... | Martta Mäkelä |
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Pauli Jauhojärvi | ... | Juhani Mäkelä |
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Aimo Saukko | ... | Old man Mäkelä |
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Milja Hiltunen | ... | Alli Mäkelä |
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Sirkka Saarnio | ... | Elina Pouta |
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Niiles-Jouni Aikio | ... | Oula |
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Veikko Kotavuopio | ... | Kurki-Pertti |
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Jouko Hiltunen | ... | Hannes |
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Osmo Hettula | ... | The preacher |
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Maija-Liisa Ahlgren | ... | Aino Liinukorpi |
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Kauko Jauhojärvi | ... | Antti Lanto |
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Irja Uusisalmi | ... | Anna Kurkela |
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Eelis Tiensuu | ... | Poudan isäntä |
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Elsa Kellinsalmi | ... | Poudan emäntä |
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Toivo Lampela | ... | Outakodan vanhaisäntä |
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An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki
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Screenwriter Panu Rajala says that he got the job almost by accident. In the summer of 1969 he was invited to the writing class when director Rauni Mollberg came looking for a screenwriter. Rajala accepted after another upcoming writer Erkki Mäkinen declined. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Simply superb movie by late Rauni Molberg based on book of same name by Timo K. Mukka. Story set on poor rural region in western Lapland some years after Continuation War. Especially dialog is on level of its own and this film uses not so well know local dialect of border region between Finland and Sweden in Lapland. This movie has caused fair share of controversies be chose it show how the things really were during time (and quite some time after that) and place it depicts. Upon its 1974 release, it was the most widely attended film in Finnish film history. I can not comprehend why master piece like this is on limited distribution by Finnish National film Board. One can only hope that now when esteemed Mr Molberg has passed on his master piece can finally receive wider distribution