Frau Selma und Herr Simo are a young couple of newly-weds who are on a long travel far North to their new home in Utuniemi. There waiting for them is Herr Simo’s sister, Frau Elsa who had become blind when she was a child. In surrounding Utuniemi work some lumbermen; they’re rough people who Herr Simo doesn’t like at all.
When Frau Simo is visiting his parents-in-law, Frau Elsa tells Frau Selma a strange story about a witch from Lapland who lived in Utuniemi called Jantukka. Jantukka created much harm for the Finns. During a terrible battle and before the witch was murdered, he cursed all the people in Utuniemi so that henceforth their offspring will be blind. That’s precisely the reason of Frau Elsa’s blindness.
But during Herr Simo’s absence a terrible incident will happen. When Selma is checking their fishing nets in the lake of Veksalahti, three lumbermen led by one called Fat Sakar, take advantage of the helpless woman…
“Noidan Kirot” ( The Curse Of The Witch ) was directed by Herr Teuvo Puro in the silent year of 1927 and is considered in the country of the thousand lakes as the first Finnish horror film. It’s a picture that was based on a novel by Herr Väinö Kataja about the Lappland region and the old superstitions of the people who lived there.
The film is certainly very interesting, subtle and appalling for Finns or German counts, for the old stories, curses, witches and the sibylline doomed atmosphere that is depicted in the film.
Herr Puro combines wisely the old superstitions of the region ( old stories of ancient times, intangible but vivid after so many years ) with contemporary menaces represented in the lumbermen. These latter are real and very dangerous, an interesting metaphor, ja wohl! Thus is combined what it is a matter of belief about superstitions of the past, with the real presence of the lumbermen in the beautiful place of Utuniemi...and these nowadays sorcerer’s apprentices.
In “Noidan Kirot” the Finnish environment shines at its best ( beautiful landscapes in where the hard daily life is depicted ) and the lumbermen violence and threats ( dark in what is supposed to be an idyllic place). It’s combined together with Kantuka’s cursing ( Herr Puro use double exposures and some camera movement in order to emphasize such unhealthy atmosphere ) in creating a subtle and disturbing atmosphere. In this background, the seeds of evil around Utuniemi finally will give birth in Frau Selma’s first-born, a disorderly infant that revives terrible memories for the young couple.
And that’s certainly Herr Puro’s achievement... to make a horror / fantasy film with elements of the past but setting these in a modern context. He chooses the largest and northernmost of the regions of Finland as the locale to hide ancient superstitions. Our hero will have finally the chance to avenge and redeem his family cursed fate ( from the past or the present) in a oeuvre with a thrilling film narrative. It’s a disturbing and original picture in where the inner and primal fears together with the primitive and evil instincts of men, are the true main characters of the film.
And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must curse some of his undisciplined servants.
Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien
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The young newlyweds, Simo Herr und Frau Selma are making a long journey north, in Utuniemi, here is where your new home, there awaits Simon's sister, Frau Elsa, a young blind birth.
In the vicinity of Utuniemi, wood working, rough people why Herr Simo feel no appreciation.
During a visit to his father Simo Herr, Frau Frau Elsa Selma tells a strange story about a wizard called Jantukka Lappland, who lived in Utuniemi and was especially treacherous for the neighbors before he killed it during a terrible battle, throw a curse on the people there: all descendants born blind and this is precisely why Frau Elsa blindness.
But also in the absence of Herr Simo, a terrible incident happen when Frau Selma is preparing to review the networks that are on Lake Veksalahti and be there with three wood, lead them by what they call "the fat Fakar" which will take advantage of the helpless woman.
The film "Noidan Kirot" was directed by Teuvo Puro Herr silent in the year 1927 and is considered in the land of a thousand lakes, as its first horror film, a play based on a novel by Väinö Kataja Herr in tell where the old superstitions people living in the region of Lappland.
The film is certainly very interesting, slightly disturbing both for the Finns as Germanic counts due to the cryptic rarefied atmosphere that permeates the film. Pure Herr
cleverly combines the ancient superstitions of the place (old stories from times immemorial, intangible but vivid after the passage of time) with the most current threats posed Utuniemi timber, they more real and dangerous than before, resulting in an interesting metaphor to combine what is a matter of beliefs about old superstitions of the past with the new apprentice wizards, loggers working in the beautiful landscapes of Utuniemi.
In "Noidan Kirot" Finnish landscapes are displayed in all their glory (beautiful places takes the hard life of the protagonists of the film) they darkened by the threat and violence posed by the presence of loggers in place and together with the curses of Kantukka (Herr Puro use overlay images and a camera movement to emphasize the morbid atmosphere of the place), resulting in a subtle and rarefied atmosphere in which the seeds of evil Utuniemi engender the firstborn of Frau Selma, a disturbing infant terrible memories to revive the young couple. And that
is indeed the great achievement of Pure Herr, get a horror film and fantasy in which the elements of the past in context with the present in this vast and remote region of Finland which are hidden in old superstitions and where the protagonist of the film will the opportunity to avenge and redeem the destination, both past and present, cursed by his family, all in a film with intense cinematic narrative, original and disturbing film in which the most primary and internal fears of man together with the most ancient evil thereof, are the real stars of the film.
And now, if I may, I have to leave because este conde germánico tiene que maldecir a algunos de sus indisciplinados sirvientes.
Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien
When Frau Simo is visiting his parents-in-law, Frau Elsa tells Frau Selma a strange story about a witch from Lapland who lived in Utuniemi called Jantukka. Jantukka created much harm for the Finns. During a terrible battle and before the witch was murdered, he cursed all the people in Utuniemi so that henceforth their offspring will be blind. That’s precisely the reason of Frau Elsa’s blindness.
But during Herr Simo’s absence a terrible incident will happen. When Selma is checking their fishing nets in the lake of Veksalahti, three lumbermen led by one called Fat Sakar, take advantage of the helpless woman…
“Noidan Kirot” ( The Curse Of The Witch ) was directed by Herr Teuvo Puro in the silent year of 1927 and is considered in the country of the thousand lakes as the first Finnish horror film. It’s a picture that was based on a novel by Herr Väinö Kataja about the Lappland region and the old superstitions of the people who lived there.
The film is certainly very interesting, subtle and appalling for Finns or German counts, for the old stories, curses, witches and the sibylline doomed atmosphere that is depicted in the film.
Herr Puro combines wisely the old superstitions of the region ( old stories of ancient times, intangible but vivid after so many years ) with contemporary menaces represented in the lumbermen. These latter are real and very dangerous, an interesting metaphor, ja wohl! Thus is combined what it is a matter of belief about superstitions of the past, with the real presence of the lumbermen in the beautiful place of Utuniemi...and these nowadays sorcerer’s apprentices.
In “Noidan Kirot” the Finnish environment shines at its best ( beautiful landscapes in where the hard daily life is depicted ) and the lumbermen violence and threats ( dark in what is supposed to be an idyllic place). It’s combined together with Kantuka’s cursing ( Herr Puro use double exposures and some camera movement in order to emphasize such unhealthy atmosphere ) in creating a subtle and disturbing atmosphere. In this background, the seeds of evil around Utuniemi finally will give birth in Frau Selma’s first-born, a disorderly infant that revives terrible memories for the young couple.
And that’s certainly Herr Puro’s achievement... to make a horror / fantasy film with elements of the past but setting these in a modern context. He chooses the largest and northernmost of the regions of Finland as the locale to hide ancient superstitions. Our hero will have finally the chance to avenge and redeem his family cursed fate ( from the past or the present) in a oeuvre with a thrilling film narrative. It’s a disturbing and original picture in where the inner and primal fears together with the primitive and evil instincts of men, are the true main characters of the film.
And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must curse some of his undisciplined servants.
Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien
-/-
The young newlyweds, Simo Herr und Frau Selma are making a long journey north, in Utuniemi, here is where your new home, there awaits Simon's sister, Frau Elsa, a young blind birth.
In the vicinity of Utuniemi, wood working, rough people why Herr Simo feel no appreciation.
During a visit to his father Simo Herr, Frau Frau Elsa Selma tells a strange story about a wizard called Jantukka Lappland, who lived in Utuniemi and was especially treacherous for the neighbors before he killed it during a terrible battle, throw a curse on the people there: all descendants born blind and this is precisely why Frau Elsa blindness.
But also in the absence of Herr Simo, a terrible incident happen when Frau Selma is preparing to review the networks that are on Lake Veksalahti and be there with three wood, lead them by what they call "the fat Fakar" which will take advantage of the helpless woman.
The film "Noidan Kirot" was directed by Teuvo Puro Herr silent in the year 1927 and is considered in the land of a thousand lakes, as its first horror film, a play based on a novel by Väinö Kataja Herr in tell where the old superstitions people living in the region of Lappland.
The film is certainly very interesting, slightly disturbing both for the Finns as Germanic counts due to the cryptic rarefied atmosphere that permeates the film. Pure Herr
cleverly combines the ancient superstitions of the place (old stories from times immemorial, intangible but vivid after the passage of time) with the most current threats posed Utuniemi timber, they more real and dangerous than before, resulting in an interesting metaphor to combine what is a matter of beliefs about old superstitions of the past with the new apprentice wizards, loggers working in the beautiful landscapes of Utuniemi.
In "Noidan Kirot" Finnish landscapes are displayed in all their glory (beautiful places takes the hard life of the protagonists of the film) they darkened by the threat and violence posed by the presence of loggers in place and together with the curses of Kantukka (Herr Puro use overlay images and a camera movement to emphasize the morbid atmosphere of the place), resulting in a subtle and rarefied atmosphere in which the seeds of evil Utuniemi engender the firstborn of Frau Selma, a disturbing infant terrible memories to revive the young couple. And that
is indeed the great achievement of Pure Herr, get a horror film and fantasy in which the elements of the past in context with the present in this vast and remote region of Finland which are hidden in old superstitions and where the protagonist of the film will the opportunity to avenge and redeem the destination, both past and present, cursed by his family, all in a film with intense cinematic narrative, original and disturbing film in which the most primary and internal fears of man together with the most ancient evil thereof, are the real stars of the film.
And now, if I may, I have to leave because este conde germánico tiene que maldecir a algunos de sus indisciplinados sirvientes.
Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien
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