People of the Finnish Forests (Swedish: Finnskogens folk) is a 1955 Swedish period drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Birger Malmsten, Kerstin Wibom and Adolf Jahr.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Nilsson.
Synopsis At the beginning of the twentieth century, a new pastor arrives in an area near the Fryken lakes inhabited traditional by Forest Finns. He attempts to lead a religious revival in the region.
Cast Birger Malmsten as David Amberg Kerstin Wibom as Marit Adolf Jahr as Skomakar-Jöns Bengtsson John Elfström as Kron-Johan Eivor Landström as Olga Lundell Olle Gillgren as Klas Margareta Nisborg as Britta Rune Stylander as Sverre Helga Brofeldt as Böret Hindriksson Åke Claesson as Doctor Remberg Birger Lensander as Peasant giving David a ride Olof Thunberg as Even
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Bibliography Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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