People in the Summer Night (1948)

overview : A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

Release Date : Oct 09, 1948

Runtime : 1h 6m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Suomi-Filmi

Countries : Finland

Keywords : based on novel or book, male homosexuality, lumberjack