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Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

"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.

Top Cast

  • Lyyli Home

    Lyyli Home

    Talon tytär, morsian

  • Olga Trofimova

    Olga Trofimova

    Talon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti

  • Ivan Bombin

    Ivan Bombin

    Talon isäntä, morsiamen isä

  • Benjam Trofimov

    Benjam Trofimov

    Sulhanen

  • Vaslei Purkunen

    Vaslei Purkunen

    Suosittu vieras, kerjäläinen

  • Matjoi Plattonen

    Matjoi Plattonen

    Täti, morsiamen itkittäjä

  • Outi Koivunen

    Outi Koivunen

    Kansanparantaja, tietäjäakka

  • Vanja Trofimov

    Vanja Trofimov

    Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen

  • Paul Tulehmo

    Paul Tulehmo

    Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen

Overview

"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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