Valkoinen peura (1952)

Country of Origin: Finland
Year of Production: 1952
Running Times: 74 mins
Length: 2015 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Junior-Filmi
Produced by: Aarne Tarkas

SCRIPT
Written by: Erik Blomberg, Mirjami Kuosmanen

DIRECTION
Directed by: Erik Blomberg

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Erik Blomberg

MUSIC
Music by: Einar Englund

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Evan Englund, Taisto Lindegren

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Osmo Osva

LOCATIONS
Locations: Lapland, Finland

CAST
Mirjami Kuosmanen (Pirita)
Kalervo Nissilä (Aslak)
Åke Lindman (forest ranger)
Jouni Tapiola (reindeer shepherd)
Arvo Lehesmaa (Tsalkku-Nilla the shaman)

PLOT SUMMARY

A newly wed woman is transformed into a white reindeer vampire by a shaman.

AVAILABILITY

Finland
Theatrical Distributors: Adams Filmi

USA
16mm Distributor: Coronet Film Distributors

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: S

Singapore
Rating: PG

Sweden
Rating: 15

AWARDS

1952
Jussi Awards, Finland
Paras naispääosa (Mirjami Kuosmanen) - winner
Paras kuvaus (Erik Blomberg) - winner
Paras musiikki (Einar Englund) - winner

1953
Cannes Film Festival, France
International Prize: Fairy Tale Film (Erik Blomberg) - winner
Grand Prize of the Festival (Erik Blomberg) - nominated

1957
Golden Globes, USA
Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film - winner (with Vor Sonnenuntergang (1956), Koritsi me ta mavra, To (1956), Taiyo to bara (1956) and War and Peace (1956))

TIMELINE

1952
July
25: Finland - theatrical release

1954
May
7: Sweden - theatrical release

August
10: Poland - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

A Fehér rénszarvas - Hungarian title
Bialy Ren - Polish title
Il Bianco pastore di renne - Italian title
Bily sob - Czech title
Den Hvite renen - Norwegian title
Noidan rakkaus - working title
Noita - alternative title
Le Renne blanc - French title
Den Vita renen - Swedish/Swedish Finnish title
Das Weiße Rentier - East German title
The White Reindeer - US title

KEYWORDS

reindeers, shamans, shamanism, spells, vampires

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008