The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Maa on syntinen laulu
An archaic World with Sex, Death, Violence and Religious Madness
103 min
An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows
- Release date
- November 2, 1973
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Music
- Hannu Sinnemäki
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Cast
- Maritta Viitamäki as Martta Mäkelä
- Pauli Jauhojärvi as Juhani Mäkelä
- Aimo Saukko as Mäkelän Äijä
- Milja Hiltunen as Alli Mäkelä
- Sirkka Saarnio as Elina Pouta
- Niiles-Jouni Aikio as Oula
- Veikko Kotavuopio as Kurki-Pertti
- Jouko Hiltunen as Hannes
- Osmo Hettula as Saarnaaja
- Maija-Liisa Ahlgren as Aino Linnunkorpi
- Toivo Lampela as Outakodan vanhaisäntä
- Voitto Harju as Kulkuri
- Toivo Tuomainen as Niku-Reeti
Crew
- Rauni Mollberg · Director
- Rauni Mollberg · Writer
- Timo K. Mukka · Writer
- Pirjo Honkasalo · Writer
- Panu Rajala · Writer
- Rauni Mollberg · Producer
- Hannu Sinnemäki · Composer
- Kari Sohlberg · Cinematographer
- Marjatta Leporinne · Editor