People of the Finnish Forests
Directed byIvar Johansson
Written byBirgitta Johansson
Ivar Johansson
Based onFinnpastorn by Jol Strand
StarringBirger Malmsten
Kerstin Wibom
Adolf Jahr
CinematographyRune Ericson
Edited byCarl-Olov Skeppstedt
Music byCharles Redland
Production
company
Sandrews
Distributed bySandrew-Baumanfilm
Release date
  • 8 October 1955 (1955-10-08)
Running time
86 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

People of the Finnish Forests (Swedish: Finnskogens folk) is a 1955 Swedish period drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Birger Malmsten, Kerstin Wibom and Adolf Jahr.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Nilsson.

Synopsis

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a new pastor arrives in an area near the Fryken lakes inhabited traditional by Forest Finns. He attempts to lead a religious revival in the region.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.93

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