People of the Finnish Forests
1955 film
- 8 October 1955 (1955-10-08)
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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
- Birger Malmsten as David Amberg
- Kerstin Wibom as Marit
- Adolf Jahr as Skomakar-Jöns Bengtsson
- John Elfström as Kron-Johan
- Eivor Landström as Olga Lundell
- Olle Gillgren as Klas
- Margareta Nisborg as Britta
- Rune Stylander as Sverre
- Helga Brofeldt as Böret Hindriksson
- Åke Claesson as Doctor Remberg
- Birger Lensander as Peasant giving David a ride
- Olof Thunberg as Even
References
- ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.93
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- People of the Finnish Forests at IMDb
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Films directed by Ivar Johansson
- The Realm of the Rye (1929)
- Skipper's Love (1931)
- Lucky Devils (1932)
- People of Hälsingland (1933)
- Boman's Boy (1933)
- Fired (1934)
- The Song to Her (1934)
- The Boys of Number Fifty Seven (1935)
- Ocean Breakers (1935)
- The Lady Becomes a Maid (1936)
- Mother Gets Married (1937)
- Storm Over the Skerries (1938)
- For Better, for Worse (1938)
- Between Us Barons (1939)
- Oh, What a Boy! (1939)
- The Crazy Family (1940)
- The Train Leaves at Nine (1941)
- We're All Errand Boys (1941)
- If I Could Marry the Minister (1941)
- Take Care of Ulla (1942)
- The Yellow Clinic (1942)
- Young Blood (1943)
- Captured by a Voice (1943)
- Eaglets (1944)
- The Forest Is Our Heritage (1944)
- Motherhood (1945)
- The Österman Brothers' Virago (1945)
- The Wedding on Solö (1946)
- Life in the Finnish Woods (1947)
- The Poetry of Ådalen (1947)
- Carnival Evening (1948)
- Big Lasse of Delsbo (1949)
- The Devil and the Smalander (1949)
- The Realm of the Rye (1950)
- In Lilac Time (1952)
- Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo (1952)
- Ursula, the Girl from the Finnish Forests (1953)
- The Red Horses (1954)
- People of the Finnish Forests (1955)
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