''Here, Beneath the North Star'' ( fi, Täällä Pohjantähden alla) is a 1968 Finnish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Edvin Laine Edvin Laine (13 July 1905 – 18 November 1989) was a Finnish film director. Laine was born Bovellán. Laine directed a comedy ''Aaltoska orkaniseeraa'' and family film ''Sleeping Beauty (1949 film), Sleeping Beauty'', both in 1949. ''The U ...

. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. The film is based on the first two volumes of

Väinö Linna Väinö Linna (; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author. He gained literary fame with his third novel, ''Tuntematon sotilas'' ( ''The Unknown Soldier'', published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy ''Tää ...

's novel trilogy '' Under the North Star''. The third volume was adapted into a film two years later under the title ''

Akseli and Elina ''Akseli and Elina'' ( fi, Akseli ja Elina) is a 1970 Finnish drama film directed by Edvin Laine. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. The film is based on the third volume of Väinö Linna's novel trilogy ''Under th ...

''.

Plot

Film begins the founding of the Koskela croft in the 1880s and tells the story of the life of the people of the imaginary Pentinkulma village until about 1920. The central theme is the unstable position of crofters and their goal to improve their living conditions. The rural

upper class Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper class is gen ...

, such as the priestly family, and the poor people, whose

socio-economic status Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic access to resources and social position in relation to others. When analyzing a family's ...

is weaker than that of crofters, also play an important role. The story of the film goes all the way to the end of the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper ''Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil W ...

between the

Red Guards Red Guards () were a mass student-led paramilitary social movement mobilized and guided by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 through 1967, during the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, which he had instituted.Teiwes According to a Red Guard lead ...

(Crofters) and the

Whites White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view. Description of populations as ...

(Government). The battle scene depicts the Battle of Syrjäntaka.

Cast

* Aarno Sulkanen as Akseli Koskela * Titta Karakorpi as Elina Koskela * Risto Taulo as Jussi Koskela * Anja Pohjola as Alma Koskela * Eero Keskitalo as Aleksi Koskela * Paavo Pentikäinen as Aku Koskela * Kauko Helovirta as Otto Kivivuori * Mirjam Novero as Anna Kivivuori * Esa Saario as Janne Kivivuori * Pekka Autiovuori as Oskari Kivivuori * Kalevi Kahra as Adolf Halme * Asta Backman as Emma Halme * Rose-Marie Precht as Ellen Salpakari * Matti Ranin as Lauri Salpakari

References

External links

* 1968 films 1968 drama films Finnish drama films 1960s Finnish-language films Films directed by Edvin Laine Films based on Finnish novels Films based on works by Väinö Linna {{1960s-drama-film-stub