Milka (1980)


Milka Poster
1h 50min | Drama | Dec 19, 1980 | Released

Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to marry Ojanen, and her daughter's pregnancy turns their lives around. Set in the Lapp country of northern Finland, the scenery is breathtaking, made even more so by the isolation of the region. A sense of natural solitude is underscored by a slow-moving dialogue interspersed with long silences, and the connection between nature and the dialogue is underscored as the young Milka recites poetry while out in the countryside. The fate of Milka and her mother, however, is connected to the decision that Ojanen makes at the end.

Director: Rauni Mollberg

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Ulla Tapaninen

Ojanen's Woman Friend

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Hellin Auvinen-Salmi

Mother Laanila

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Esa Niemelä

Auno Laanila

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Irma Huntus

Milka Sierkkiniemi

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Leena Suomu

Anna Sierkkiniemi

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Eikka Lehtonen

Cantor Malmström

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Veikko Aaltonen

Assistant Director

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Rauni Mollberg

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Esa Vuorinen

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Markku Lehmuskallio

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Seppo Heinonen

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Raimo Paananen

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