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Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala (1921)

8 | Feb 27, 1921 (FI) | Documentary | 01:06

"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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Original Music Composer
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Lyyli Home
Talon tytär, morsian
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Olga Trofimova
Talon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti
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Ivan Bombin
Talon isäntä, morsiamen isä
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Vaslei Purkunen
Suosittu vieras, kerjäläinen
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Matjoi Plattonen
Täti, morsiamen itkittäjä
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Outi Koivunen
Kansanparantaja, tietäjäakka
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Vanja Trofimov
Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen
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Paul Tulehmo
Sulhasen hääseurueen jäsen
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Ivan Brelo
Kanteleensoittaja

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