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People in the Summer Night

6.143 average rating
★★★★★
6.143
Finnish / 66 MIN. / 1948

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Eila PehkonenMartti KatajistoEmma VäänänenEero RoineMatti OravistoToivo HämerantaTyyne HaarlaMaija NuutinenKaisu LeppänenMatti LehteläTellervo NokelainenErkki KalakariEero LeväluomaKaarlo HalttunenToivo LahtiVilho KekkonenHilma SaloSanteri KariloAle PorkkaKerttu PälviHeikki PackalénTarmo Manni

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