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People in the Summer Night (1948)
Directed by Valentin Vaala
Drama · 1h 06m
A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Cast
Eila Pehkonen
Helka
Martti Katajisto
Nokia
Emma Väänänen
Hilja Syrjämäki
Eero Roine
Jalmari Syrjämäki
Matti Oravisto
Arvid
T
Toivo Hämeranta
Teliranta
Tyyne Haarla
Martta Teliranta
M
Maija Nuutinen
Old lady of Teliranta
K
Kaisu Leppänen
Santra Mettälä
Matti Lehtelä
Jukka Mettälä
T
Tellervo Nokelainen
Selma Teliranta
E
Erkki Kalakari
Matti Puolamäki
Crew
- Director
- Valentin Vaala
- Screenplay
- Lea Joutseno, Usko Kemppi, Valentin Vaala
- Novel
- F.E. Sillanpää
- Director of Photography
- Eino Heino
- Original Music Composer
- Taneli Kuusisto
- Editor
- Valentin Vaala
- Producer
- Risto Orko
Details
- Original title
- Ihmiset suviyössä
- Release date
- 1948-10-09
- Runtime
- 1h 06m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FI
- Spoken languages
- Finnish
- Countries
- Finland
- Production
- Suomi-Filmi