Event
Puget Soundtrack: Geist & The Sacred Ensemble present The Lumberjack's Bride
Sat Jul 13: 8.00pm
Series - Lumberjacks and Logrollers: Icons of Finnish Cinema
Live Music
** Live score featuring local musicians! **
About
(Erkki Karu, Finland, 1923, 97 min, silent film with live music)
** Co-presented with Department of Scandinavian Studies Finnish Studies Program and Nordic Museum **
Erkki Karu was a pioneer of Finnish cinema, founding its first production company, Suomi-Filmi (fully Suomen Filmikuvaamo) in 1919 and producing and directing the fledgling countrys first films from 1920 onwards. Producing over 40 films and directing over 20, Karu defined the look and content of the Finnish industry and heralded it into its Golden Age in the 1930s. In The Lumberjacks Bride, a tragic lumberjack rafting accident and the drowning of a young man leads to a rift in a small Finnish village and upheaves the marriage prospects of the young mans sister, Hanna. A love triangle gets out of hand when murder is being considered, and what better way to make a murder look like an accident than by all indulging in some hearty river rafting. The impressive climax of the film was shot with six cameras and there was more than one dangerous incident during the production of the film.
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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