''Cross of Love'' (Finnish: ''Rakkauden risti'') is a 1946 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Teuvo Tulio Theodor Antonius Tugai (23 August 1912 – 8 June 2000), better known as Teuvo Tulio, was a Finnish film director and actor. Beginning his career as an actor at the end of the silent era, Tulio turned to directing and producing in the 1930s. Hi ...

and starring

Regina Linnanheimo Axa Regina Elisabeth Linnanheimo (until 1924 Leino, since 1948 Regina Mörner, 7 September 1915, Helsinki – 24 January 1995) was a Finnish actress and screenwriter. Her sister Rakel Linnanheimo (1908–2004) was also an actress. Linnanheimo w ...

, Oscar Tengström and

Ville Salminen Veikko Oskari Ville Salminen (2 October 1908, Mariehamn – 28 November 1992, Quarteira) was a Finland, Finnish film actor, director, writer and producer. He was the father of comedic actor Ville-Veikko Salminen and cinematographer Timo Salminen. ...

.Qvist & von Bagh p.267 It is based on the short story "The Stationmaster" by

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

. The film was shot in parallel with the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

-language version '' Kärlekens kors''.

Cast

as Riitta * Oscar Tengström as Majakka-Kalle *

as Mauri Holmberg *

Rauli Tuomi Rauli Rafael Arvid Tuomi (15 July 1919 – 2 February 1949) was a Finnish film and stage actor. Career Tuomi appeared in 23 films since 1938. He won two Jussi Awards for Best Actor; first from the film '' Linnaisten vihreä kamari'' (1945) and t ...

as Henrik Hormi * Pentti Viljanen as Pekka * Tuli Arjo as Singer * Lauri Korpela as Pilot * Hilly Lindqvist as Saara * Senja Soitso as Maija *

Elli Ylimaa Ellen "Elli" Johanna Ylimaa, née Linnanheimo (1900–1982) was a Finnish stage and film actress.''Hella Wuolijoki kulttuurivaikuttaja: vuosisata Hella Wuolijoen syntymästä''. Jyväskylän yliopisto, 1988. p.191 She was the sister of the actress ...

as Manageress of the dressmaker's shop

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films Finnish drama films 1940s Finnish-language films 1940s Finnish films Films based on The Stationmaster Films directed by Teuvo Tulio Finnish black-and-white films Finnish multilingual films 1940s multilingual films {{Finland-film-stub