People in the Summer Night
66 mins
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.
Toivo Hämeranta
Teliranta
Kaisu Leppänen
Santra Mettälä
Tellervo Nokelainen
Selma Teliranta
Erkki Kalakari
Matti Puolamäki
Eero Leväluoma
Constable
Vilho Kekkonen
"gentlemanly" man in Mettälä
Hilma Salo
old granny on the road
Ale Porkka
the man of the cottage
Kerttu Pälvi
Emmi
Heikki Packalén
Selma's boyfriend
Tarmo Manni
Iivari Pietilä
F.E. Sillanpää
Novel
Taneli Kuusisto
Original Music Composer
Ville Hänninen
Production Design
Evan Englund
Sound
Usko Kemppi
Screenplay
Eino Heino
Director of Photography