People in the Summer Night (1948)
Drama
A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
Cast
Helka
Nokia
Selma Teliranta
Matti Puolamäki
Constable
Doctor
base farm host
"gentlemanly" man in Mettälä
old granny on the road
liquor dealer
the man of the cottage
Emmi
Hilja Syrjämäki
Selma's boyfriend
Iivari Pietilä
Jalmari Syrjämäki
Arvid
Teliranta
Martta Teliranta
Old lady of Teliranta
Santra Mettälä
Jukka Mettälä
Crew
Director
Editor
Novel
Producer
Director of Photography
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Sound
Original Music Composer
Production Design