People of the Finnish Forests | |
Director: | Ivar Johansson |
Based On: | Finnpastorn by Jol Strand |
Starring: | Birger Malmsten Kerstin Wibom Adolf Jahr |
Editing: | Carl-Olov Skeppstedt |
Studio: | Sandrews |
Distributor: | Sandrew-Baumanfilm |
Runtime: | 86 minutes |
Country: | Sweden |
People of the Finnish Forests (Swedish: Finnskogens folk) is a 1955 Swedish period drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Birger Malmsten, Kerstin Wibom and Adolf Jahr.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Nilsson.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a new pastor arrives in an area near the Fryken lakes inhabited traditional by Forest Finns. He attempts to lead a religious revival in the region.