Directed by:
Rauni MollbergComposer:
Hannu SinnemäkiCast:
Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Milja Hiltunen, Aimo Saukko, Sirkka Saarnio, Niiles-Jouni Aikio, Veikko Kotavuopio, Jouko Hiltunen (more)Plots(1)
Northern Finland in the 1940s. After young Martta quenched her bodily lust with Oula, the reindeer herder, she finds herself pregnant – and the target of her tiny village’s scorn, which is driven by frightful religious fervour given a volatile edge by all-pervasive alcoholism. Naturalism never looked as raw and gruesome as it does in this monument of Finnish cinema, an über-classic widely venerated in its home country as one of the most devastating expressions of the human soul in its deepest despair. In the darkest period of Finnish cinema, when few films were produced and almost none made any money, it became for some years the most successful local release of all times, and put big-screen debutant but already TV-famous director Rauni Mollberg on the map of world cinema. For more on this savagely honest masterpiece and the twisted fate of its auteur, please watch Dinosaur by Mollberg’s former assistant Veikko Aaltonen. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Maritta Viitamäki
Finland
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Pauli Jauhojärvi
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Milja Hiltunen
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Aimo Saukko
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Sirkka Saarnio
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Niiles-Jouni Aikio
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Veikko Kotavuopio
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Jouko Hiltunen
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Maija-Liisa Ahlgren
Finland
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Osmo Hettula
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Pertti Hellgren
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Kauko Jauhojärvi
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Irja Uusisalmi
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Elsa Kellinsalmi
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Eelis Tiensuu
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Toivo Lampela
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Toivo Jauhojärvi
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Inker-Marja Juuso
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Mikko Lecklin
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The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Toivo Tuomainen
Finland
Best movies:
The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
The Moonlight Sonata (1988)