The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows
- Released
- 1973-11-02
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Pirjo Honkasalo, Panu Rajala, Rauni Mollberg, Rauni Mollberg
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 29 votes
Cast
- Maritta Viitamäki as Martta Mäkelä
- Pauli Jauhojärvi as Juhani Mäkelä
- Aimo Saukko as Äijä Mäkelä
- Milja Hiltunen as Alli Mäkelä
- Sirkka Saarnio as Elina Pouta
- Niiles-Jouni Aikio as Oula Nahkamaa
- Veikko Kotavuopio as Kurki-Pertti
- Jouko Hiltunen as Hannes
- Osmo Hettula as Preacher
- Maija-Liisa Ahlgren as Aino Liinukorpi
- Kauko Jauhojärvi as Antti Lanto
- Irja Uusisalmi as Anna Kurkela