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People in the Summer Night

6.0/10

Release: 09/10/1948

Duration: 1h 6m

People in the Summer Night

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.

Country: Finland

Language: Finnish

Writers

| Screenplay:Lea Joutseno
| Screenplay:Usko Kemppi
| Screenplay:Valentin Vaala

Production

Suomi-Filmi

Cast

Emma Väänänen

Emma Väänänen

Hilja Syrjämäki

Eero Roine

Eero Roine

Jalmari Syrjämäki

Tyyne Haarla

Tyyne Haarla

Martta Teliranta

Maija Nuutinen

Maija Nuutinen

Old lady of Telir..

Kaisu Leppänen

Kaisu Leppänen

Santra Mettälä

Matti Lehtelä

Matti Lehtelä

Jukka Mettälä

Tellervo Nokelainen

Tellervo Nokela..

Selma Teliranta

Erkki Kalakari

Erkki Kalakari

Matti Puolamäki

Toivo Lahti

Toivo Lahti

base farm host

Vilho Kekkonen

Vilho Kekkonen

"gentlemanly" man..

Hilma Salo

Hilma Salo

old granny on the..

Santeri Karilo

Santeri Karilo

liquor dealer

Ale Porkka

Ale Porkka

the man of the co..

Heikki Packalén

Heikki Packalén

Selma's boyfriend

Tarmo Manni

Tarmo Manni

Iivari Pietilä

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