The Raven's Dance (1980)

ALL 02/26/1980 (fi) Drama 80 Min
  • Release
    02/26/1980
  • Production
    Suomi-Filmi, SVT, SVT Drama, Svenska Filminstitutet
  • Rotten tomato
    45%
  • Original title
    Korpinpolska
  • Original language
    fi
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife, not to kill off hordes of animals. He sets traps, and that gets him in trouble with the police who proceed to ticket him for using the devices. The forest cycles themselves are intimated when an old tree is shown falling to earth -- perhaps a reflection on the old man's passing years. In contrast to these few people living off the land and basically keeping the ecological balance intact, a highway construction crew is shown at work felling trees. Soon the antagonism grows between encroaching civilization and the quiet life of the young couple and elderly man.

  1. Story

  2. Juho Gartz

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Pertti Kalinainen

    Petteri Jokiaho

  2. Paavo Katajasaari

    Paavo, the Father

  3. Hilkka Matikainen

    Hilkka Jokiaho

  4. Eero Kemilä

    Forester

  5. Mari Holappa

    Neighbor

  6. Heikki Holappa

    Neighbor

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 15

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The Raven's Dance (1980) 80 Min

ALL 02/26/1980 (fi)
Drama
  • Release 02/26/1980
  • Production
    Suomi-Filmi, SVT, SVT Drama, Svenska Filminstitutet
  • Original title Korpinpolska
  • fi
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old man living in a remote part of Finland. The young husband goes out hunting but only to support himself and his wife, not to kill off hordes of animals. He sets traps, and that gets him in trouble with the police who proceed to ticket him for using the devices. The forest cycles themselves are intimated when an old tree is shown falling to earth -- perhaps a reflection on the old man's passing years. In contrast to these few people living off the land and basically keeping the ecological balance intact, a highway construction crew is shown at work felling trees. Soon the antagonism grows between encroaching civilization and the quiet life of the young couple and elderly man.

  1. Markku Lehmuskallio

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Juho Gartz

    Editor

  4. Markku Lehmuskallio

    Producer