Kaleva hääled (1986)

The Sounds of Kaleva

A three-act film-essay about memory and the historical-cultural ties of the Finno- Ugric peoples. The first chapter is dedicated to ancient Bearese of memory, such as Karelian cliff drawings, Kalevala runo song and Khanty bear feast rituals. the second act portrays the visit of Elias Lonnrot, compiler of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, to Estonia and his meetings with local intellectuals. Part three re-enacts an ancient smelting and blacksmith ritual set to Veljo Tormis' cantata 'curse upon iron'. Filmed in 1985 in Uhtuo, Karelia; in Khantia-Mansia at the Agan river, a tributary of the Ob; and in Estonia (Tallinn, Kuusalu, Tartu, Voru, Litsmetsa in Voru county, Lullemae, Karula, Rongu, Narva, and at a bend of the Pirita river). The third documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.

Kaleva hääled

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Tõnu Kaljuste
Tõnu Kaljuste
as Arbuja
Heino Müller
Heino Müller
as Vana sepp
Sulev Teppart
Sulev Teppart
as Noor sepp

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Lennart Meri
Lennart Meri
Director
Lennart Meri
Lennart Meri
Writer
Ago Ruus
Ago Ruus
Director of Photography
Epp Maria Kokamägi
Epp Maria Kokamägi
Art Direction
Lepo Sumera
Lepo Sumera
Music
Enn Säde
Enn Säde
Sound Director
Kadri Kanter
Kadri Kanter
Editor

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