The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1938 film)

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta, Swedish: Sången om den eldröda blomman) is a 1938 Finnish romance and drama film. It is based on the novel The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Johannes Linnankoski, telling the story of a glib log driver Olavi Koskela, who spends his free time flirting with young maids. Film is directed by Teuvo Tulio and it stars Kaarlo Oksanen, Rakel Linnanheimo (sister of Regina Linnanheimo), Mirjami Kuosmanen, Nora Mäkinen, Birgit Nuotio and Maire Ranius. The film was the first Finnish adaptation of the book,^[1] with the two previous adaptations being Swedish.

Tulio said he was interested mainly in the book's intense and sensuals love scenes but also in the rafting sessions, which he then used in three later films as well.^[2]

Cast[]

• Kaarlo Oksanen as Olavi Koskela
• as Kyllikki Moisio
• Mirjami Kuosmanen as Annikki
• as Elli/"Gaselli"
• as dark girl
• as "Pihlajanterttu"
• Sylvi Palo as prostitute
• as logging chief
• as Kyllikki's father
• as Olavi's father
• as Olavi's mother
• as Toivo
• Elli Ylimaa as midwife

References[]

External links[]

• The Song of the Scarlet Flower at IMDb

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