Rauni Mollberg

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yearsactive = 1967 – 2007
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Rauni Mollberg (April 15 1929 – October 11 2007) was a Finnish film director who directed movies and TV movies.

In 1963 Mollberg directed movies for YLE. He directed a version of "The Unknown Soldier" in 1985, 30 years after Edvin Laine directed the original version of it. Mollberg's movie's plot was same as Laine's movie. But Mollberg used unknown actors and the movie was colourised and shot by a handhold camera.

Mollberg did not begin directing films for the cinema until he was well into his forties. He made a notable splash on the international festival circuit in 1974 with "The Earth is a Sinful Song" (1973), his debut feature, an earthy, erotically-charged, blood-soaked tale of a young village girl's ill-fated affair with a Lap reindeer herdsman. Based on a novel by the late Timo K. Mukka, one of Finland's most controversial young writers, the film "stunned Scandinavian critics and audiences alike with its simple, terrible power and its authentic sensuality" (Peter Cowie), and went on to become one of the biggest box-office successes in the Finnish cinema's history. It also introduced Mollberg's trademark style: "a realistic naturalism full of expressive force with which he merges the people with the scenery, stripping them bare of life's illusions and the polished veneer of culture" (Sakari Toiviainen). Despite Peter Cowie's efforts, and the acclaim of many other critics and "independent" festivals,The Finnish National Film board has stubbornly sequestered this masterpiece, only releasing it in a DVD format incompatible with international viewing, and lacking English subtitles.

Filmography

* "Lapsuuteni", 1967
* "Tehtaan varjossa", 1969
* "Sotaerakko", 1972
* "Maa on syntinen laulu", 1973
* "Aika hyvä ihmiseksi", 1977
* "Milka – elokuva tabuista", 1980
* "Tuntematon sotilas", 1985
* "Ystävät, toverit", 1990
* "Paratiisin lapset", 1994
* "Taustan Mikon kotiinpaluu", 1999
* "Ison miehen vierailu", 1999
* "Puu kulkee", 2000
* "Heikuraisen nauru", 2001
* "Korpisen veljekset", 2002
* "Reissu", 2004

External links

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