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Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala (1921)

Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala (1921)

Documentary
Release Date: 1921, February 27
Directors: A.O. Väisänen
Production: Kalevalaseura-säätiö
Cast: Lyyli Home, Olga Trofimova, Ivan Bombin, Benjam Trofimov, Vaslei Purkunen, Matjoi Plattonen, Outi Koivunen, Vanja Trofimov, Paul Tulehmo, Ivan Brelo, Paula Home, Anastasia Tertsunen

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.