- Lapin kullan kimallus
Infobox_film | name = Lapin kullan kimallus
caption = Movie poster
director =Åke Lindman
writer =Åke Lindman ,Heikki Vuento
starring =Vesa Vierikko ,Pirkka-Pekka Petelius ,Lasse Pöysti ,Jarmo Mäkinen ,Martti Suosalo ,Kaija Pakarinen
producer =Hanna Hemilä ,Åke Lindman
distributor =Buena Vista Home Entertainment
released = 1999
runtime = 2h
country = FIN
language = Finnish
imdb_id = 0158717"Lapin kullan kimallus" (Finnish for "The glitter of Lappish gold") is a 1999 Finnish movie, directed by
Åke Lindman .The movie is about the Finnish
gold rush to Lapland in the end of the 19th century. It starsPirkka-Pekka Petelius as Nils Lepistö andVesa Vierikko as Jakob Ervasti.Plot summary
In his hometown
Oulu , Lepistö meets a man who shows him amap of Lapland, showing an "X" mark at the spot where he claims isgold . Lepistö believes the man and shows the map to his companion Ervasti. Lepistö and Ervasti travel to the Teno River, where they manage to find a couple ofgram s of gold. They travel back to Oulu to lay official claim on the find site but are told it has already been claimed. Finally a large gold rush to Lapland starts.Notes
Despite the name, the movie has nothing to do with the Finnish brand of
beer named "Lapin Kulta " (Gold of Lapland).External links
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