05 Oct 1973
Známost sestry Aleny
A psychological drama about a nurse and a seriously ill car racer and factory driver...
The Earth Is a Sinful Song
An archaic World with Sex, Death, Violence and Religious Madness
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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Maritta Viitamäki Martta Mäkelä
Pauli Jauhojärvi Juhani Mäkelä
Aimo Saukko Äijä Mäkelä
Milja Hiltunen Alli Mäkelä
Sirkka Saarnio Elina Pouta
Niiles-Jouni Aikio Oula Nahkamaa
Veikko Kotavuopio Kurki-Pertti
Jouko Hiltunen Hannes
Osmo Hettula Preacher
Maija-Liisa Ahlgren Aino Liinukorpi
Kauko Jauhojärvi Antti Lanto
Irja Uusisalmi Anna Kurkela
Eelis Tiensuu Poudan isäntä
Elsa Kellinsalmi Poudan emäntä
Toivo Lampela Outakodan vanhaisäntä
Toivo Jauhojärvi Outakodan isäntä
Inker-Marja Juuso Outakodan emäntä
Pertti Hellgren Outakodan poika
Tauno Nilivaara Outakodan poika
Pekka Kouri Outakodan poika
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