Valkoinen Peura, The White Reindeer, Den Vita Renen

[Phioletovii]

I feel sorry for her, I like her)

[larkin78]

Had the luxury of seeing this on the big screen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music years ago. Still one of my favorite films!

[LappQueen]

This movie was finally released on DVD on April. Should be with English subtitles.

[motownmaniax]

Evocative and impressionistic scene. Thanks for sharing.

[bartje11]

Thanks for uploading this clip. It's great to hear Englund's soundtrack finally. He used some of this material also in his Piano Concerto no. 1.

[xyrtsv]

Hi, I want to try to find this movie some way, VHS or stg.. I remember this: I was

almost a kid or pre-teen then but Mirjami K. was hot and after all years this piece of

culture should be re-constructed or stg.

Regards;A,Juntunen, Finland

[maxhardcase]

This film won awards when it was first released in 1952. Somebody needs to get busy and release this on DVD...looks like it might be happening since the movie is listed on Netflix but it's not yet available for rental.

[steverlfs]

This is utterly incredible! Where can a mere mortal such as myself find the entire movie, preferably with English subtitles?

[envanje]

wow, now after 45 ys. i found this movie again !

[Raycheetah]

Interesting. It connotes powerful shamanic overtones, and, in fact, bears some striking similarities with native American myth cycles, as well. =^[.]^=

[Joonavainio]

No wonder, as Fenno-Ugric people and especially the Saame branch are distant relatives of native Americans. Glad you apparently like it. Valkoinen Peura is one of the rare gems amidst the endless and mindless B-comedies and stereotypical country romance dramas in Finnish film of the fifties.

Excluding Unknown Soldier from the above, of course.

[Raycheetah]

Thanks for the details!

The film, itself, has a stark, compelling element to it; it must have really stood out among the alternative fare of the time as you describe it. Occasionally a work like this rises about the cultural dross of any country.

=^[.]^=

[FFulmenTheFinnish]

@Joonavainio No they are not relatives...lol. A few Samis might be, but that's it.

[Joonavainio]

@FFulmenTheFinnish

Well, if you want to pick nits, all homo sapiens sapiens currently alive and sampled trace back to the same mitochondrial "eve". Current research would suggest that the Saame came "recently" from Iberian peninsula, so they're pretty distant genetically from Southern Baltic Finns as well. There are genetic relatives, linguistic relatives, and generally cultural relatives. I meant mostly the latter with all the shamanic tradition.

[FinnMove]

Tämä leffa pitäisi laittaa näille sivuille

kokonaan. Musiikki tässä on on noin puolet

koko elokuvan ansioista.

[Scurtulos]

I like these old obscurities in the history of nordic movies, i thought i knew about them all but this one i had not heard of until recently!

[StormeySkye]

is that her husband that found her dead?

[Jakkipuhveli]

He killed her when she had taken a form of a deer, the he found her instead of the deer.