
Rauni Mollberg
The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Maa on Syntinen Laulu)
2de Internationaal Filmgebeuren Gent
108'
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1973
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Sami, Finnish
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Format:
35mm
Director:
Rauni Mollberg
Composer:
Hannu Sinnemäki
With:
Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Aimo Saukko, Milja Hiltunen
An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows.
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Credits
Director
Rauni Mollberg
Composer
Hannu Sinnemäki
With
Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Aimo Saukko, Milja Hiltunen
Scenario
Pirjo Honkasalo, Rauni Mollberg, Panu Rajala, Timo K. Mukka
Director of Photography
Kari Sohlberg
Editor
Marjatta Leporinne
Producer
Rauni Mollberg
Production studios
RM-Tuotanto
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Dialogue
Sami, Finnish
Countries of production
Finland
Screenplay based on
"Maa on syntinen laulu" (Timo K. Mukka)
Year
1973
Technical Specs
Format
35mm