People in the Summer Night

The story

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

E Eila PehkonenHelka M Martti KatajistoNokia E Emma VäänänenHilja Syrjämäki E Eero RoineJalmari Syrjämäki M Matti OravistoArvid T Toivo HämerantaTeliranta T Tyyne HaarlaMartta Teliranta M Maija NuutinenOld lady of Teliranta K Kaisu LeppänenSantra Mettälä M Matti LehteläJukka Mettälä T Tellervo NokelainenSelma Teliranta E Erkki KalakariMatti Puolamäki

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E Eero LeväluomaConstable K Kaarlo HalttunenDoctor T Toivo Lahtibase farm host V Vilho Kekkonen"gentlemanly" man in Mettälä H Hilma Saloold granny on the road S Santeri Kariloliquor dealer A Ale Porkkathe man of the cottage K Kerttu PälviEmmi H Heikki PackalénSelma's boyfriend T Tarmo ManniIivari Pietilä