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Cast
Tõnu Kaljuste | As: Arbuja | |
Heino Müller | As: Vana sepp | |
Sulev Teppart | As: Noor sepp |
Storyline
A three-act film-essay about memory and the historical-cultural ties of the Finno- Ugric peoples. The first chapter is dedicated to ancient Bearese of memory, such as Karelian cliff drawings, Kalevala runo song and Khanty bear feast rituals. the second act portrays the visit of Elias Lonnrot, compiler of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, to Estonia and his meetings with local intellectuals. Part three re-enacts an ancient smelting and blacksmith ritual set to Veljo Tormis' cantata 'curse upon iron'. Filmed in 1985 in Uhtuo, Karelia; in Khantia-Mansia at the Agan river, a tributary of the Ob; and in Estonia (Tallinn, Kuusalu, Tartu, Voru, Litsmetsa in Voru county, Lullemae, Karula, Rongu, Narva, and at a bend of the Pirita river). The third documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.
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Cast
Tõnu Kaljuste |
Arbuja |
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Heino Müller |
Vana sepp |
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Sulev Teppart |
Noor sepp |
Directed By
Lennart Meri |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Lennart Meri |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Edited By
Kadri Kanter |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
Sound
Enn Säde |
Sound Director |
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Lepo Sumera |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Ago Ruus |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Epp Maria Kokamägi |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
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