Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala (1921)
"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.
Director: A.O. Väisänen
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Lyyli Home as Talon tytär, morsian |
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Olga Trofimova as Talon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti |
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Ivan Bombin as Talon isäntä, morsiamen isä |
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Benjam Trofimov as Sulhanen |
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Vaslei Purkunen as Suosittu vieras, kerjäläinen |
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Matjoi Plattonen as Täti, morsiamen itkittäjä |
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Outi Koivunen as Kansanparantaja, tietäjäakka |
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Vanja Trofimov as Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen |
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Paul Tulehmo as Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen |
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Ivan Brelo as Kanteleensoittaja |
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Paula Home as Nuori tyttö morsiamen hääseurueessa |
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Anastasia Tertsunen as Nuori tyttö morsiamen hääseurueessa |
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Aleksandra Molosofkin as Morsiamen ystävä, tanhuaja |
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Soja Kuikka as Morsiamen ystävä, tanhuaja |
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Klaudia Harakka as Pikkutyttö morsiusparia saattelemassa |
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Maisun Miitrei as Tanssiva mies pihamaalla |
| Directing | A.O. Väisänen | Director |
| Production | A.O. Väisänen | Producer |
| Sound | Armas Launis | Original Music Composer |
| Art | U.T. Sirelius | Set Designer |
| Writing | U.T. Sirelius | Writer |
| Crew | J.W. Mattila | Cinematography |
