Documentary

The Winds of Milky Way

Linnutee tuuled
(1977)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Lennart Meri
Cinematographer: Rein Maran
Editor: Enn Säde, Eevi Säde, Kai Schönberg
Producer: Veljo Tormis
Duration: 54 min
Language: Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Samoyed languages
Subtitle language: English, Estonian
Available formats: mov
Colour: Colour

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 was the first international co-production completed in collaboration with Finnish Mainos TV and Hungarian Television.

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