Poet and Muse

1978 film

  • 13 October 1978 (1978-10-13)
Running time
105 minutesCountryFinlandLanguageFinnish

Poet and Muse (Finnish: Runoilija ja muusa) is a 1978 Finnish drama film directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta. The film is about the Finnish poet Eino Leino and the women of his life: a conflict-filled marriage with Freya Schultz and a love affair with the poet L. Onerva. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Esko Salminen as Eino Leino
  • Katja Salminen as Freya Schoultz
  • Elina Salo as L. Onerva
  • Paavo Liski as Kasimir Leino
  • Pertti Palo as Artturi Lönnbohm
  • Marita Nordberg as Freya's mother
  • Heidi Krohn as Olga Lönnbohm
  • Kalle Holmberg as Akseli Gallén-Kallela
  • Henri Kapulainen as Jean Sibelius
  • Carl-Axel Heiknert as Old Sibelius
  • Jaakko Pakkasvirta as Otto Manninen
  • Virpi Uimonen as Anni Swan
  • Esa Pakarinen Jr. as von Numers

References

  1. ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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