The Age of Iron(The Wedding)Based on the Finnish epic Kalevala

The iron age(fi. Rauta-aika)
TV mini-series from 1982.
Director, Kalle Holmberg
Music, Aulis Sallinen

From the episode The sampo

"Build a boat without using your hands or paying for it"
says the daughter of the North when Väinö asks for her price.
Ilmari and Lemminki also woo her.
The mistress of the North demands Ilmari to forge a sampo,
a machine to make a pile of money the size of an ant hill.
Lemminki is asked to catch a devil´s moose on skis.
The contest ends at a pagan North wedding - but who is the groom?

Ilmari : Vesa-Matti Loiri
Väinö : Kalevi Kahra
Lemminki : Tom Wentzel

The Mistress of the north :
Kristina Halkola
The Daughter of the north :
Lena Meriläinen
The Master of the north :
Esko Salminen

Take a special look at the dance in
the end of the video.
Did Madonna get some ideas for the bed manoeuvres on the Blonde Ambition Tour(Like a Virgin) from this?

This movie(TV mini-series) is
based on the epic Kalevala.
Its possible to buy it on DVD now.

By the way..
Sampo is also a bank in Finland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Kalevala
• The
• age
• of
• iron
• Vesa-Matti
• Loiri
• Sampo
• ironage

[ArielApollonia]

Thank you for this!!! Kiitos että laitoit tämän tänne!!!!!!:) Pistäisin itse vaikka kuinka monta pätkää Rauta-Ajasta mutta mul ei ole laitteita... Jos voit pistä lisää!!!!! Mut kiitos todella paljon tästä! :D :) Thank u so much for this clip from the Iron Age - the best Finnish TV-drama EVER! R.I.P. Paavo Haavikko...

[SesamSolvere]

In the middle of the 80s it was broadcasted in finnish TV. My best memory from that time is the boat in the Tuonela river. I can recommend the DVD when its possible to buy it now. The VHS-casettes from the library were not good quality. Still the DVD will not co-operate with my Silvercrest dvd-player. If i load up any more stuff it will be something were Jorma Ojaharju appears. The strange dance in front of Ilmari is also good. In memory for Paavo Haavikko(d.6.10.2008) vho made the screenplay.

[blueshadow1996]

This is cool,,thanks for uploading it..

[LumiKuuro]

Kyllä on paskat asusteet sankareillamme.... kunnon 1800-1900 luvun toppatakit ja rotjakkeet... tosin poron nahkaiset.... olisivat laittaneet samoinhin turkiksiin heidät kuin muunkin väen

[CristinaFernandez]

SAMPO!

One thing's definitely for sure: American industry still makes the best darn quality Sampos around and that's a fact!

I can definitely detect the influence of the British sword n' sorcery movie "Excalibur," especially on the costuming.

[szpsz911]

Obscene bawdy pornographic is the "largest penis of the universe" at 6:48

[nodeterin]

I am reading Kalevala right now (unfortunately German translation) and trying to learn some Finnish on my own... I would love to see some more stuff like this... or how can I get my hands on the DVD?

[JaneFinn]

Tack, tack, tack för detta! I've been looking for it since SVT screened it in the early 80's!