The White Reindeer
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| Directed by | Erik Blomberg |
| Produced by | Aarne Tarkas |
| Written by | Erik Blomberg Mirjami Kuosmanen |
| Starring | Mirjami Kuosmanen |
| Music by | Einar Englund |
| Cinematography | Erik Blomberg |
| Edited by | Erik Blomberg |
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Running time
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74 minutes (1952) 68 minutes (1986 restoration) |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
The White Reindeer (Finnish: Valkoinen peura, Swedish: Den Vita Renen) is a 1952 Finnish horror drama film directed by Erik Blomberg. It was entered in competition at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival[1] and earned the Jean Cocteau-led jury special award for Best Fairy Tale Film.[2] After its limited release five years later in the United States, it was one of five films to win the 1957 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film.[3][4]
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Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The film, based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism, is set in Finnish Lapland and centers on a young woman, Pirita. In the snowy landscape, Pirita and reindeer herder Aslak meet and soon marry. Aslak must spend time away for work, leaving his new bride lonely. In an effort to alleviate her loneliness and ignite marital passion, Pirita visits the local shaman, who indeed helps her out; but in the process turns her into a shapeshifting, vampiric white reindeer. The villages' men are drawn to her and pursue her, with tragic results.[5][6]
Cast
- Mirjami Kuosmanen as Pirita and as Maarita, Pirita's mother
- Kalervo Nissilä as Aslak
- Åke Lindman as forest ranger
- Jouni Tapiola as reindeer herder
- Arvo Lehesmaa as Tsalkku-Nilla, shaman
- Tyyne Haarla as older woman (uncredited)
- Pentti Irjala as the speaker (uncredited)
- Edvin Kajanne as reindeer herder (uncredited)
- Kauko Laurikainen as man in Laplander's hut (uncredited)
- Heimo Lepistö as wealthy man (uncredited)
- Osmo Osva as reindeer herder (uncredited)
- Aarne Tarkas as the groom (uncredited)
- Inke Tarkas as the bride (uncredited)
- Evald Terho as Pirita’s father (uncredited)
- Kaarlo Wilska as reindeer herder (uncredited)
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The White Reindeer at IMDb
- White Reindeer (1952) at Rotten Tomatoes
- The White Reindeer (1952) at AllMovie
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