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: 8.333
Cast: Lyyli Home, Olga Trofimova, Ivan Bombin, Benjam Trofimov, Vaslei Purkunen

Häiden vietto Karjalan runomailla

8.3 (3)1921-02-271h 6m

Documentary

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.