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People in the Summer Night (1948)

6.3 | Oct 09, 1948 (FI) | Drama | 01:06

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.

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Emma Väänänen
Hilja Syrjämäki
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Eero Roine
Jalmari Syrjämäki
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Tyyne Haarla
Martta Teliranta
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Maija Nuutinen
Old lady of Teliranta
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Kaisu Leppänen
Santra Mettälä
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Matti Lehtelä
Jukka Mettälä

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Thomcat
N/A | Apr 06, 2020
There seems to be a implicit gay character. The cinematography by Eino Heino is excellent. The film offers a ‘warm-hearted and sensitive’ evocation of the ordinary but compressed for dramatic purposes.