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Here, Beneath the North Star

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Here, Beneath the North Star
Original Finnish film poster
Directed byEdvin Laine
Written byMatti Kassila
Edvin Laine
Väinö Linna
Produced byMauno Mäkelä
StarringAarno Sulkanen
CinematographyOlavi Tuomi
Release date
  • 13 September 1968 (1968-09-13)
Running time
182 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Here, Beneath the North Star (Finnish: Täällä Pohjantähden alla) is a 1968 Finnish drama film directed by Edvin Laine. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] The film is based on the first two volumes of Väinö Linna's novel trilogy Under the North Star. The third volume was adapted into a film two years later under the title Akseli and Elina.

Plot

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The film begins with the founding of the Koskela croft in the 1880s and tells the story of the life of the people of the fictional Pentinkulma village until about 1920. The central theme is the unstable position of crofters and their goal to improve their living conditions. The rural upper class, such as the priestly family, and the poor people, whose socio-economic status is weaker than that of crofters, also play an important role. The story of the film goes all the way to the end of the Finnish Civil War between the Red Guards (Crofters) and the Whites (Government). The battle scene depicts the Battle of Syrjäntaka.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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