The read
It runs long at 3h 6m.
Synopsis
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Edvin LaineDirector
- Heikki AaltoilaOriginal Music Composer
- Edvin LaineScreenplay
- Matti KassilaScreenplay
- Väinö LinnaScreenplay
- Juha NevalainenScreenplay
Cast
- Aarno SulkanenAkseli Koskela
- Titta KarakorpiElina Koskela
- Risto TauloJussi Koskela
- Anja PohjolaAlma Koskela
- Kalevi KahraAdolf Halme
- Rose-Marie PrechtEllen Salpakari
- Matti RaninLauri Salpakari
- Mirjam NoveroAnna Kivivuori
- Kauko HelovirtaOtto Kivivuori
- Maija-Leena SoinneAune Leppänen
- Paavo PentikäinenAku Koskela
- Tuula NymanElma Laurila
Themes
based on novel or booklapua movement