People in the Summer Night
(1948)

Released: 1948-10-09

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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

as Hilja Syrjämäki

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Eero Roine

as Jalmari Syrjämäki

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Tyyne Haarla

as Martta Teliranta

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Maija Nuutinen

as Old lady of Teliranta

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Kaisu Leppänen

as Santra Mettälä

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Matti Lehtelä

as Jukka Mettälä

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Tellervo Nokelainen

as Selma Teliranta

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Erkki Kalakari

as Matti Puolamäki

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Toivo Lahti

as base farm host

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Vilho Kekkonen

as "gentlemanly" man in Mettälä

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Hilma Salo

as old granny on the road

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Santeri Karilo

as liquor dealer

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Ale Porkka

as the man of the cottage

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