Overview - People in the Summer Night

Overview

A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

Cast

• Name: Eila Pehkonen

  Character: Helka

  Popularity: 0.1741

  

• Name: Martti Katajisto

  Character: Nokia

  Popularity: 0.0264

  

• Name: Emma Väänänen

  Character: Hilja Syrjämäki

  Popularity: 0.1272

  

• Name: Eero Roine

  Character: Jalmari Syrjämäki

  Popularity: 0.6765

  

• Name: Matti Oravisto

  Character: Arvid

  Popularity: 0.4288

  

• Name: Toivo Hämeranta

  Character: Teliranta

  Popularity: 0.0143

  

• Name: Tyyne Haarla

  Character: Martta Teliranta

  Popularity: 0.1204

  

• Name: Maija Nuutinen

  Character: Old lady of Teliranta

  Popularity: 0.0468