Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

Name: Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1921-02-27
Duration: 66 min
Rating: 8.3

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Documentary

"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.

Cast

L Lyyli Home Talon tytär, morsian O Olga Trofimova Talon ehtoisa emäntä, mors I Ivan Bombin Talon isäntä, morsiamen is B Benjam Trofimov Sulhanen V Vaslei Purkunen Suosittu vieras, kerjäläin M Matjoi Plattonen Täti, morsiamen itkittäjä