Sleeping Beauty (1949 film) explained

Sleeping Beauty
Director:Edvin Laine
Producer:T. J. Särkkä
Starring:Tuula Usva
Aarne Laine
Mirjam Novero
Music:Erkki Melartin
Heikki Aaltoila
Cinematography:Kalle Peronkoski
Editing:Armas Vallasvuo
Runtime:99 minutes
Country:Finland
Language:Finnish

Sleeping Beauty (Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen) is a Finnish family fantasy film made in 1949, directed by Edvin Laine and produced by T. J. Särkkä.[1] Tuula Usva plays the titular role, the king is played by the director's brother Aarne Laine and the queen by the director's wife Mirjam Novero.[2] The film is based on Sleeping Beauty by the Brothers Grimm and also the play written by Zachris Topelius based on the Grimm's fairy tale.

Leo Lehto won the 1949 Jussi Awards category of the best scenery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://m.filmaffinity.com/en/movie.php?id=960451 Sleeping Beauty (1949) - Filmaffinity
  2. Tv-maailma 21/2011, p. 17. (in Finnish)
  3. Eugen Terttula: Mitä Missä Milloin 1952. Jussi-patsaan saajat 1944–50, pp. 332. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1951.