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Rauni Mollberg is a Director, Writer and Producer Finlandais born on 15 april 1929 at Hämeenlinna (Finlande)
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 Land of Our Ancesters (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.
During his career he was used to get wide audiences in Finland. To his film The Earth is a Sinful Song (1973) was sold 709,664 tickets and it is 11th on the list of most admissions to a Finnish film. 590,271 tickets were sold to the screenings of The Unknown Soldier (1985) making it 17th highest grossing movie in the history of Finland.
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Nationality Finlande
Birth 15 april 1929 at Hämeenlinna (Finlande)
Death 11 october 2007 (at 78 years) at Loimaa (Finlande)
Birth 15 april 1929 at Hämeenlinna (Finlande)
Death 11 october 2007 (at 78 years) at Loimaa (Finlande)
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 Land of Our Ancesters (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.
During his career he was used to get wide audiences in Finland. To his film The Earth is a Sinful Song (1973) was sold 709,664 tickets and it is 11th on the list of most admissions to a Finnish film. 590,271 tickets were sold to the screenings of The Unknown Soldier (1985) making it 17th highest grossing movie in the history of Finland.
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Friends, Comrades (1990)
, 2h12Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Mikk Mikiver, Stina Ekblad, Leif Wager
Rating59%
The Unknown Soldier (1985)
, 3h19Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Mikko Niskanen, Kari Väänänen, Eppu Nuotio
Rating73%
Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)
, 1h50Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama
Rating59%
Milka is an 14 years old still childlike girl, who lives with her mother in a tiny isolated community in Northern Finland. The girl misses her dead father and prays God to show her what love is. The mother employs a man nicknamed Christ-Devil to help in the hay making. He stays in the house and courts both the mother and daughter. Later he vanishes unexpectedly and the mother, who wished to marry him, notices that Milka is pregnant by him.
, 2h12Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri, Toivo Mäkelä, Helge Herala, Eila Pehkonen, Irma Seikkula
Rating64%
The film is about a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother.
Scriptwriter
Friends, Comrades (1990)
, 2h12Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Mikk Mikiver, Stina Ekblad, Leif Wager
Roles Writer
Rating59%
The Unknown Soldier (1985)
, 3h19Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Mikko Niskanen, Kari Väänänen, Eppu Nuotio
Roles Ecrivain
Rating73%
Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)
, 1h50Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama
Roles Ecrivain
Rating59%
Milka is an 14 years old still childlike girl, who lives with her mother in a tiny isolated community in Northern Finland. The girl misses her dead father and prays God to show her what love is. The mother employs a man nicknamed Christ-Devil to help in the hay making. He stays in the house and courts both the mother and daughter. Later he vanishes unexpectedly and the mother, who wished to marry him, notices that Milka is pregnant by him.
, 2h12Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri, Toivo Mäkelä, Helge Herala, Eila Pehkonen, Irma Seikkula
Rating64%
The film is about a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother.
The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
, 1h48Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama
Roles Ecrivain
Rating68%
Producer
Friends, Comrades (1990)
, 2h12Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Mikk Mikiver, Stina Ekblad, Leif Wager
Roles Producer
Rating59%
The Unknown Soldier (1985)
, 3h19Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Mikko Niskanen, Kari Väänänen, Eppu Nuotio
Roles Producer
Rating73%
, 2h12Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri, Toivo Mäkelä, Helge Herala, Eila Pehkonen, Irma Seikkula
Roles Producer
Rating64%
The film is about a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother.
The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
, 1h48Directed by Rauni Mollberg
Genres Drama
Roles Producer
Rating68%