Movie·1921·1h 6m

Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

Name: Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1921-02-27
Rating: 8.333
Cast: Lyyli Home, Olga Trofimova, Ivan Bombin, Benjam Trofimov, Vaslei Purkunen

★ 8.3Documentary

Synopsis

"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.