The Sounds of Kaleva

The Sounds of Kaleva (1986)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1986-03-19
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 41min
  • Language: Eesti
  • Production Company: Eesti Telefilm
  • Production Country: Estonia, Soviet Union
  • Director: Lennart Meri
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Summary

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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  • Tõnu Kaljuste

    as Arbuja
  • Heino Müller

    as Vana sepp
  • Sulev Teppart

    as Noor sepp
Directing Lennart Meri Director
Sound Enn Säde Sound Director
Writing Lennart Meri Writer
Editing Kadri Kanter Editor
Sound Lepo Sumera Music
Camera Ago Ruus Director of Photography
Art Epp Maria Kokamägi Art Direction

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