Documentary of cultural anthropology about the ethnography and ethnogenesis of the Finno-Ugric peoples is a sequel to the documentary "The Waterfowl People" (1970) directed by Lennart Meri. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia and in Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970. The film ...
Director: Lennart Meri
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Tallinnfilm |
| Color | color |
| Sound | sound |
| Film Category | Documentary, Anthropological |
| Text / Dialogue | Estonian, Finnish, Veps, vadja, FILM_LANGUAGE_ET_SETU, ersa, mansi, ungari, FILM_LANGUAGE_SAMI, nganassaani |
| Subtitles | Estonian |
| Duration | 51:41, 55:00 |
Crew
View all| Director | Lennart Meri |
| Screenwriter | Lennart Meri |
| Cinematographer | Rein Maran |
| Composer | Veljo Tormis |
| Sound Designer | Enn Säde |
| Editor | Enn Säde | Eevi Säde | Kai Schönberg |
| Content Editor | Rafail Beltšikov | Leo Ilves | Kalevi Tammivuori | Anikó Ezsiás |
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