Karelian Wedding in the Land of the Kalevala

"Häiden Vietto Karjalan Runomailla" ( Karelian Wedding In The Land Of The Kalevala ) is an early and valuable documentary ( more exactly, a recreation ), an ethnological Finnish silent film about a traditional Karelian wedding. It was the work of an expedition of Finnish ethnologists in the silent year of 1920, headed by Herr A. O. Väisänen of the Kalevala society.

Cast & Crew

Director

A.O. Väisänen

Lyyli Home

Talon tytär, morsian

Olga Trofimova

Talon ehtoisa emäntä, morsiamen äiti

Ivan Bombin

Talon isäntä, morsiamen isä

Benjam Trofimov

Sulhanen

Vaslei Purkunen

Suosittu vieras, kerjäläinen

Matjoi Plattonen

Täti, morsiamen itkittäjä