People in the Summer Night

    People in the Summer Night
    1948

    Synopsis

    A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

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    Cast

    • Eila PehkonenHelka
    • Martti KatajistoNokia
    • Emma VäänänenHilja Syrjämäki
    • Eero RoineJalmari Syrjämäki
    • Matti OravistoArvid
    • Toivo HämerantaTeliranta
    • Tyyne HaarlaMartta Teliranta
    • Maija NuutinenOld lady of Teliranta
    • Kaisu LeppänenSantra Mettälä
    • Matti LehteläJukka Mettälä

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