The Earth Is a Sinful Song
6.8
“An archaic World with Sex, Death, Violence and Religious Madness”
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
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Cast
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Maritta Viitamäki
Martta Mäkelä
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Pauli Jauhojärvi
Juhani Mäkelä
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Aimo Saukko
Äijä Mäkelä
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Sotaerakko
Milja Hiltunen
Alli Mäkelä
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Sirkka Saarnio
Elina Pouta
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Saariston tyttö
Putkinotko
Niiles-Jouni Aikio
Oula Nahkamaa
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Lapland Odyssey 2
Veikko Kotavuopio
Kurki-Pertti
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Jouko Hiltunen
Hannes
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Osmo Hettula
Preacher
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Saatana perkele helvettiin
Maija-Liisa Ahlgren
Aino Liinukorpi
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Siunattu hulluus
Kauko Jauhojärvi
Antti Lanto
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Irja Uusisalmi
Anna Kurkela
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Rauni Mollberg Director · Pirjo Honkasalo Screenplay Panu Rajala Screenplay
United States release November 19, 1975 · Produced in Finland · Original title Maa on syntinen laulu
Production
RM-Tuotanto
Production
Finland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Maa on syntinen laulu
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · November 2, 1973
Theatrical
United States · November 19, 1975
Theatrical
Czechia
April 1, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
Germany
May 26, 2023 · Physical
Sweden
May 27, 1974 · Theatrical
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